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 rhetoric and composition instructor, or the other positions I've held, I help people understand complex ideas and systems, embrace curiosity, and explore alternatives.
A better world is possible, and I aim to help make it happen. If you're still curious, here's more about me.
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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.
critlib #feelings
Why do I #critlib? Because another librarianship is possible.
Recent posts
Weekly Assemblage for 2025 Week 35
Taking smaller notes. Listening to Tin Man. Thinking about Big Questions.
Now May 2025
Some of what I’m doing as of May 2025.
Instructional design in a short story mode
Aspiring to maintain communities where people want to keep studying. Maintaining space for everyone.
Weekly Assemblage for 2025 Week 03
Llama Life, Italian tomatoes, Ghost, the Personal Web, and The Twilight Zone.
Weekly Assemblage for 2025 Week 02
Adopting a ‘rally pace’ mentality. Writing in smaller chunks. Downsizing.