She has published on topics such as the history of writing groups, best practices in literacy education, and integration of culturally responsive pedagogy.
Ruggles Gere has served as president of the Modern Language Association.,[1] National Council of Teachers of English,[2] and the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
[3] Additionally, she has served as the chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English and Education since 1988,[4] participating in over 100 dissertation committees, many of whom have built on her research.
As a whole, the book positions writing studies as a field that teaches cultural practices rather than valid or invalid syntax as promoted in formal grammar by Noam Chomsky.
Her term was highlighted by three main themes: combating systemic abuse of junior faculty,[19] adapting MLA to the waning enrollment in English courses,[20] and emphasizing public humanities[21] She addressed and combatted the systemic abuses of power that have harmed students and junior faculty members.
Additionally, she was the recipient of an award from the Technology Assisted Teacher Education (TATE) Project for the Computerworld Smithsonian Program.