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William E. Ryan

  • Associate Professor
301 Allen Hall
1275 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541) 346-3755

Education:

  1. Ed.D., University of South Dakota, 1991
  2. MA, University of South Dakota, 1980
  3. BA, Loras, 1964

Biography:

Background
Ryan won the university’s prestigious Ersted award for excellence in teaching in 1992 after winning the School of Journalism’s Marshall Award for Innovative teaching in 1991. As a Mellon Fellow at the University of Kansas in 1985, Ryan investigated the use of photo-narrative. He received a Fulbright Fellowship to Singapore for 1996-97 where, along with teaching, he consulted on graphic design and photography and conducted seminars in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.


Research

Visual communications and the effectiveness of graphics in print are the focal point of Ryan’s research. His interests include sequential and narrative photography. Currently, he is designing a visual communication program for the University of Wyoming and writing a book on visual literacy.