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Denise Rueter
Assistant Professor
Educational Studies
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Denise Rueter
Assistant Professor
Educational Studies
Specialty area(s)
Early Childhood and Elementary Literacy
Brief biography
Dr. Denise Rueter is an Assistant Professor in Educational Studies at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL). She earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at Louisiana State University, focusing her research on teacher preparation in writing instruction. Prior to earning her PhD, Dr. Rueter worked in public schools for fifteen years serving as a classroom teacher, reading interventionist, and instructional coach.
Current courses at UWL
EDS 308: Foundations of Literacy
EDS 318: Literacy Methods I
ECE 418: Literacy Methods II: Early Childhood/Elementary Education
Education
Louisiana State University
PhD Curriculum and Instruction - Literacy
Fall 2019 - Fall 2022
North Carolina State University
Master's Curriculum and Instruction - Reading
Fall 2006 - Spring 2008
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Elementary Education
Fall 1999 - Fall 2003
Career
Professional history
Assistant Professor of Literacy (2023 - Present), University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Adjunct Professor (2023), Louisiana State University
Classroom teacher, reading interventionist, instructional coach (2010-2019), New Orleans, LA
Classroom teacher, reading interventionist (2004-2010), Raleigh, NC