Sheryl Ruszkiewicz

Special Lecturer
Office: 166 Dodge Hall
Phone: 248-370-2739
Email: [email protected]

Biography

Teaching at OU since 2012, Sheryl Ruszkiewicz currently teaches WRT 1050 (Composition I) and WRT 1060 (Composition II). In addition to teaching, she is a contributor (along with some of her students) to the Storytelling Diversity website, a Green Bandana Project participant, and a Mental Health First Aider.

Ruszkiewicz's academic interests include oral history/storytelling, community engagement, user experience (UX), content strategy, cognitive psychology, and technical writing. Some of her past projects include coordinating the Oakland University Facing Project, stories of Pontiac’s past/present/future; co-developing C’s the Day, the official game for the annual Conference College Composition and Communication (CCCC); leading technical writing and repair manual service-learning projects with iFixit; publishing an ebook of students' oral history/storytelling projects; and co-creating a zombie augmented reality game (ARG) between a first-year writing class and a business writing class.

Education

M.A. in Literature. Eastern Michigan University.
B.A. in English/Secondary Education. University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Courses

WRT 1050 Composition I
WRT 1060 Composition II