Paula Garrett-Rucks

Paula Garrett-Rucks is a Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages Education at Georgia State University's College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on fostering intercultural competence in instructed language learning, computer-assisted language learning, and early language acquisition.

• Education: Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010), M.A. in Contemporary French Studies (University of California-Santa Barbara, 2004), M.Ed. in Educational Technology (National University, 2000), Teaching Credential in French and Biology (National University, 2000), B.S. in Zoology (Michigan State University, 1995).

Her work examines cultural perception formation, affect in language learning, and identity issues in dual language immersion. She has contributed to journals such as the Modern Language Journal and Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Journal, with recent articles addressing intercultural learning frameworks and multimedia pedagogy.

Garrett-Rucks received the 2016 ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture and serves as editor for Dimension, a peer-edited journal. She coordinates Georgia State’s foreign languages education program, specializing in early language teaching methods (Pre-K to Grade 8).