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Ruth Ray

Professor

Office: 10503.2, 5057 Woodward
Hours: By Appointment
Phone: (313) 577-3326
E-mail: ruth.ray@wayne.edu

Area of Specialization:
Feminist theory as applied to the theory of writing; classroom-based research; intergenerational learning; autobiographical writing; late-life literacy; age studies

Education

B.A., Journalism, Central Michigan University, 1976
M.A., English, Wayne State University, 1980
D.A., English, University of Michigan, 1987

Representative Publications

Beyond Nostalgia: Aging and Life Story Writing. University Press of Virginia, 2000.

Handbook of the Humanities and Aging, ed. with Thomas R. Cole and Robert Kastenbaum. Springer, 1999.

The Practice of Theory: Teacher-Research in Composition. National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.

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Beyond Nostalgia: Aging and Life Story Writing. University Press of Virginia, 2000.

The Practice of Theory : Teacher Research in Composition

Web work for ENG2050

 


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