Robert McRuer (born 1966) is an American theorist who has contributed to fields in transnational queer and disability studies.
McRuer is known as being one of the founding scholars involved in forming the field of queer disability studies, particularly for a theoretical outlook known as crip theory.
McRuer received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1995, advised by Michael Bérubé.
McRuer's work focuses on queer and crip cultural studies and critical theory.
His first book centered on contemporary LGBT writers, particularly LGBT writers of color, and his 2018 book attends to cultural sites where critical queerness and disability contest heteronormativity and compulsory able-bodiedness.