Robert Rueda

University of Southern California

Professor Emeritus

Robert Rueda is Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology and former Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychology. His teaching focused on courses in the Psychology of Education, and his research has centered on the sociocultural basis of motivation, learning, and instruction, with a focus reading and literacy in English learners, and students in at-risk conditions. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Educational Research Association. He recently served as the associate editor of the American Educational Research Journal (Teaching, Learning, and Human Development), and in addition, he has served on the editorial boards of several other educational journals.