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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Blog
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ID Portfolio
Examples of my ID work.
Reading
What I'm reading.
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How I make this site.
Notes
My digital garden.
Uses
I use & enthuse.

Featured Posts

Freire and Critical Librarianship

3 minute read

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

2 minute read

Why do I #critlib? Because another librarianship is possible.

Recent posts

Weekly Assemblage 2015 Week 38

6 minute read

Driving from Bloomington, Indiana to Boise, Idaho; Luciano Floridi’s Information: A Very Short Introduction.

Weekly Assemblage 2015 Week 37

2 minute read

A #critlib chat on information & migrant populations; threats to the Tor exit node in Kilton Public Library; CFP for papers on whiteness in LIS; study on lowering white defensiveness around racial privilege.

Weekly Assemblage 2015 Week 36

10 minute read

Reflections on the second #radlibchat and a Library Freedom Presentation by Alison Macrina.

All Hail Cloud Storage

less than 1 minute read

Dropbox has both saved me from computer problems and helped me work more ubiquitously, so I sang the praises of it and other cloud storage at Hack Library School.