Amy J. Lueck

Amy J. Lueck serves as Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in Santa Clara University's Department of English within the College of Arts and Sciences, where her scholarship bridges historical educational practices and contemporary composition theory.

Her educational background includes a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from University of Louisville, where she received the institution's highest graduate honor.

Lueck's research examines critical intersections of:

• Historical writing instruction across secondary and postsecondary education
• Gendered rhetorics in women's educational experiences
• Spatial politics of public memory sites
• Race and class representation in cultural heritage spaces
• Digital composition methodologies
• Archival research practices

Her influential monograph A Shared History: Writing in the High School, College, and University, 1856-1886 (SIU Press, 2020) reconstructs nineteenth-century educational connections through Louisville high school archives, directly informing current dual-enrollment pedagogy.

Professional recognition includes:

• Guy Stevenson Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies (University of Louisville)
• K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award (AAC&U)

Lueck's teaching philosophy integrates multimodal composition with public audience engagement, frequently incorporating archival research on women's education and Indigenous history. Her scholarly contributions appear in College English, Rhetoric Review, Composition Studies, and The Atlantic Monthly, with recent work analyzing memorial landscapes from university campuses to the Winchester Mystery House.