Michelle Ruiz is a new faculty member here in the Physical Education Department. Born and raised in Indiana PA, she completed her undergraduate studies at Indiana University of PA as a student-athlete and graduated in 1995. She moved to Northern Virginia where she taught and coached high school health and physical education for 7 years. She completed her graduate studies at Virginia Tech while teaching full time. In 2003 she married and moved to Florida with her husband Keith, later traveling to California and eventually settling in North Carolina, near New River Air Station where her husband was stationed.  She coached and taught high school health and physical education for the past 4 years. She has a one year old daughter named Allyson.  Also part of the family are their two husky-mixes Koda and Logan who love to run and hike with them when they have a chance to get away. She is currently applying for admission into a doctoral program and hopes to finish her terminal degree in the next few years.  

“I am glad to be back home in Western PA after 11 years of traveling…it will definitely be nice to watch the Steelers play without paying for NFL ticket!”

Research Interests:

Methods and Pedagogy in Education.

Social context, relations and practices of sport.

The psychology of human performance.

Courses:

PE 357 Territory Games 

PE 191 Foundation of Health and Physical Education

Education:

BS, Education, Health and Physical Education – Indiana University of PA 1995

MS, Education, Health and Physical Education – Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2001

Years at SRU: 2

Years in Education: 14

Office Location: 128G Morrow Field House

Phone: 724-738-4799

Fax: 724-738-2921

Email: michelle.ruiz@sru.edu