Hi, I'm Ryan.
I'm an instructional designer at Idaho State University, a Ph.D. student in English and the Teaching of English, and an academic journal editor.
Whether as a community college librarian, a college radio d.j., a rhetoric and composition instructor, or the other positions I've held, I help people understand complex ideas and systems, embrace curiosity, and explore new alternatives.
A better world is possible, and I aim to help make it happen. If you're curious for more details, here's more about me.
Featured Sections
Annotated links.
Featured Posts
critlib #feelings
Why do I #critlib? Because another librarianship is possible.
Freire and Critical Librarianship
For Week One of the Critical Pedagogy MOOC MOOC, I write about Paulo Freire’s problem-posing method and its potential links to critical librarianship.
Recent posts
Weekly Assemblage for 2024 Week 47
Internship, Interstellar, Mean Girls, AI Refusal, the Kobayashi Maru, Finding Your Purpose, and Kudos with Tinylytics.
Weekly Assemblage for 2024 Week 46
Languaging, proposing, policy-making, policing, potentially melting, and other misadventures of the week.
Weekly Assemblage for 2024 Week 45
espanso, Policing the Crisis, Goosebumps, Star Trek, Lower Decks, Dub Syndicate, and Dominion.
Other People's Book Notes
Enthusing about how other people share their notes.
Weekly Assemblage for 2024 Week 31
Infomocracy, Idaho Fire newsletter, weeknotes, consensus, cycling, and words I learned.