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Dr. Sarah E. Ryan

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Information Science

(940) 369-5203

Email: Sarah.Ryan@unt.edu

Education

  • JD, Quinnipiac School of Law, 2017
    Major: Law
    Specialization: General Law/Health Law
  • MLS, Texas Woman's University, 2012
    Major: Library Science
    Specialization: Internship at the University of Texas at El Paso library; Practicum in UTEP Special Collections (C. Rivers, supervisor)
  • PhD, Ohio University, 2006
    Major: Rhetorical Criticism
    Specialization: Communication
    Dissertation: An absence of debate: An investigation of rhetorical democracy in media coverage of abstinence and welfare from 1992-2000
  • Certificate, Ohio University, 2005
    Major: Women's Studies
  • MA, Ohio University, 2001
    Major: Interpersonal Communication
  • BA, Capital University, 1997
    Major: Organizational Communication/Spanish

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2001 - Present).
  • Associate Professor of Practice, Wesleyan University. Wesleyan University. (2019 - 2021).
  • Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso. University of Texas at El Paso. (2009 - 2012).
  • Interim Director of Women's Studies, Baruch College, City University of New York. Baruch College, City University of New York. (2008 - 2009).
  • Assistant Professor, Baruch College, City University of New York. Baruch College, City University of New York. (2006 - 2009).
  • Senior Lecturer, Baruch College, City University of New York. Baruch College, City University of New York. (2004 - 2006).
  • Head Debate Coach, Capital University. Capital University. (1998 - 2001).
  • Debate Coach, Capital University. Capital University. (1997 - 1998).

    • Government

  • Law Clerk (term), United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. (2018 - 2019).

    • Professional

  • Staff Attorney (1-year position), Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. (2017 - 2018).
  • Head of Empirical Legal Research Services, Yale Law School. Yale Law School. (2015 - 2017).
  • Consultant, Independent Consultant. Independent Consultant. (2007 - 2016).
  • Empirical Legal Research Librarian, Yale Law School. Yale Law School. (2012 - 2015).
  • Director/Debate mentor, Bronx Defenders. Bronx Defenders. (2001 - 2004).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. (2021 - Present).
  • Attorney, Superior Court of Connecticut. (2017 - Present).
  • Attorney, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (2017 - 2023).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Writing on diversity workshop, Pardee Legal Research Center​. United States of America. (January 25, 2023 - January 27, 2023).
  • Continuing Education Program, Legal Services: Discharge Upgrades, Bob Woodruff Foundation. United States of America. (June 23, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, Critical Law Librarianship, LLNE/SNELLA/Yale Law School. New Haven,Connecticut,United States of America. (June 17, 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Recruiting, Retention and Resilience: Law Library Diversity + Equity, Virginia Association of Law Libraries/Southwest Association of Law Libraries. United States of America. (May 26, 2022).
  • Other (semester-long leadership development workshop), Art of Participatory Leadership, University of North Texas. TX,United States of America. (January 2022 - April 2022).
  • Workshop, Grant funding for law libraries, American Association of Law Libraries. United States of America. (February 15, 2022).
  • Tutorial, Faculty First Flight, UNT. United States of America. (July 2021 - November 2021).
  • Continuing Education Program, The Jane Sánchez Memorial Lecture on the Future of Law Libraries and Law Librarianship, Law Library of Congress. United States of America. (November 9, 2021).
  • Workshop, Assessing Servingness at HSIs, UNT. United States of America. (November 5, 2021).
  • Other (Coffee Talk), Bridging the Gap Between Information Science, Law School, and Practice, American Association of Law Librarians. United States of America. (October 5, 2021).
  • Workshop, Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 (Japanese American internment), Connecticut Bar Association. United States of America. (June 2020 - June 2020).
  • Workshop, Camp Design Online, Muhlenberg College. United States of America. (June 2020 - June 2020).
  • Tutorial, Anti-Racism Training, Diversity & Resiliency Institute of El Paso. United States of America. (January 2020 - March 2020).
  • Workshop, VA Benefits Training, Connecticut Bar Association. United States of America. (October 2019 - October 2019).
  • Workshop, Rare Book School, Law Books: History & Connoissuership, University of Virginia/Yale Law School. New Haven,Connecticut,United States of America. (July 28, 2014 - August 1, 2014).
  • Seminar (Graduate Course), Methods of Qualitative Research, Hunter College School of Social Work. New York,NY,United States of America. (January 2007 - May 2007).
  • Seminar (Graduate Course), Sociological Statistics, Graduate Center of the City University of New York. New York,NY,United States of America. (September 2006 - December 2006).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • INFO 4080 - Research Methods and Evaluation, 1 course.
  • INFO 5000 - Information and Knowledge Professions, 6 courses.
  • INFO 5025 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Informatics, 1 course.
  • INFO 5080 - Research Methods and Analysis, 1 course.
  • INFO 5366 - Law Library Management, 3 courses.
  • INFO 5647 - Legal Information and Access Services, 2 courses.
  • INFO 5709 - Data Visualization and Communication, 1 course.
  • INFO 5900 - Special Problems, 4 courses.
  • INFO 6660 - Readings in Information Science, 2 courses.
  • INFO 6900 - Special Problems, 6 courses.
  • INFO 6910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • INFO 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 1 course.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Public Lecture, National Library of Indonesia, 1000 participants. (October 2023).
  • Workshop, Cheshire Correctional Institution/Wesleyan University, 8 participants. (2021).
  • Seminar, State Correctional Institution - Graterford/Temple University, 15 participants. (2007).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Information Science. (January 2025).
  • Major Professor, Information Science. (August 21, 2023).
  • Major Professor, Information Science. (August 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "An Analytical Study on the Status of Women Librarians in Different Institutions of Karachi," Other - Outside UNT. (February 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Exploring Readiness Linked Open Government Data Implementation: A Study on Indonesian Government Agency’ Libraries," Information Science. (November 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Ethical Issues in Oral Histories in Community Archives," Information Science. (October 15, 2022).
  • Major Professor, Information Science. (September 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Text Summarization and Natural Language Processing of Law Documents," Information Science. (August 14, 2023 - November 2024).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Beyond Our Borders: Foreign Law In American Courts," Political Science. (September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "The effect of humor on teachers’ perceived immediacy with middle school students," Communication Studies. (2012).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Best safety lies in fear: Shakespeare and the state of post-terror villainy," English. (2012).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "The communicative culture of Instructional Support Services: Opportunities and challenges," Communication Studies. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Exploring the organizational culture and leadership styles at two El Paso del Norte nonprofit organizations," Communication Studies. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Thomas Jefferson in Nairobi: Ideas about democracy in modern Africa," History. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Undoing gender: Monstrous women become human in the work of John Donne," English. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Inquisitive young minds in The castle of Otranto and The mysteries of Udolpho," English. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "The labor of gender: the roles of Guatemalan women in trade unions, 1970-1989," History. (2011).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Communicative behaviors and prevention of Latina teenage pregnancy," Communication Studies. (2010).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Cultivating pop culture through comic book representations of heroism," Communication Studies. (2010).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "lace-based politics of memory: Rwandan genocide memorials & mass graves," Anthropology. (2009).

Awards and Honors

  • Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award, American Association of Law Libraries. (July 16, 2023).
  • ALL-SIS Digital Publications Award, Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. (July 14, 2023).
  • Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster Candidate (Information Science), U.S. Department of State. (2014).
  • Excellence Award, Yale Law Women.
  • Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award (system-wide finalist), U.T. Regents.
  • Faculty Leadership, U.T. El Paso Rainbow Miners (student group).
  • Top Paper in Applied Communication, Eastern Communication Association.
  • Top Poster Paper in Ethnicity & Race in Communication, International Communication Association.
  • Nominated for Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching, Baruch College.
  • Nominated for Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching, Baruch College.
  • Top Paper in Applied Communication, Eastern Communication Association.
  • Top Conference Papers Panel, Deca-annual Conference on Academic Debate.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Ryan, S. (2022). Empirical Legal Research Services. University of North Texas Libraries.
  • Rohrleitner, M.C., Ryan, S.E. (2013). Dialogues Across Diasporas: Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation. Lexington Books.

    • Book Chapter

  • Ryan, S.E., Evans, S.A., Hawamdeh, S.M. (2023). Public Libraries as Key Knowledge Infrastructure Needed to Empower Communities, Promote Economic Development, and Foster Social Justice. Public Libraries as Key Knowledge Infrastructure Needed to Empower Communities, Promote Economic Development, and Foster Social Justice. 53 203-218. Leeds, England, Emerald Publishing Limited.
  • Ryan, S. (2016). Reconciliation via compulsory communal labor: Opportunities and challenges facing post-colonial Rwanda. In P.M. Kellett & T.G. Maytok (eds.) Communication and conflict transformation: Local to global engagements. Lanham, MD, Lexington Books.
  • Ryan, S.E., Murta, M.S. (2013). In M. Rohrleitner & S. Ryan (eds.) Constrained activism: National agendas versus local activities in non-governmental organizations serving diasporic women. Dialogues across Diasporas Women Writers, Scholars, and Activists of Africana and Latina Descent in Conversation. Lexington Books.
  • Ryan, S. (2013). Introduction: Dialogues across diasporas: Africana? Chicana? Latina? No, Afro-Latina!. In M. Rohrleitner & S. Ryan (eds.) Constrained activism: National agendas versus local activities in non-governmental organizations serving diasporic women. Lanham, MD, Lexington Books.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2011). The matatus take you everywhere: Reflections on the value of international/intercultural communication training from the Rwanda Research Group. Topical problems of communication and culture. 264-279. Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University.
  • Ryan, S.E., Balocating, A. (2010). We snuck up on the roof: The widows of Duhozanye rebuild their community. Collaborative Answers to community problems in Save, Rwanda. Social Justice Wisdom Series. 1-8. University of Texas at El Paso.
  • Schwartz, R., Williams, D.W., Ryan, S.E. (2007). The New York Police Officer: Democratic and Moral Accountability in Conflict. Accountability Cases. American Society for Public Administration.

    • Book Review

  • Ryan, S. (2021). The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom: Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching. Other. 7 (1) National Association of Communication Centers.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2009). Reclaiming the relevance of journalism: The case of the Clarion-Ledger. Review of Communication. 9 (2) 172-175.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Ryan, S.E. (2024). Interrupting generative AI in LIS: Using analog, project-based, in-class team work to validate core research competency learning.. Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference. University of Illinois. https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/aliseacp/article/view/1685
  • Mohotarema, R., Hong, L., Ryan, S.E. (2023). A brief survey of financial misinformation: Typologies, theories, and detection methods. Proceedings of the Multi-disciplinary Information Research Symposium at the University of North Texas.
  • Ryan, S.E., Rashid, M. (2023). A systematic review of diversity and curriculum improvement case studies: Lessons for inclusion and research instruction in Library and Information Science programs. ALISE (Association of Library and Information Science Educators).
  • Ryan, S. (2007). Child malnutrition in Africa: Opportunities for communication and social change. 186 pp. New York, NY, City University of New York.

    • Critical Review

  • Ryan, S.E. (2009). Born into brothels: Calcutta’s red light kids. Films for the Feminist Classroom. 1 (1)
  • Ryan, S.E. (2009). Quincea\~nera. Films for the Feminist Classroom. 1 (1)

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Ryan, S. (2013). Childcare. Encyclopedia of Undocumented Immigrants. Greenwood, CT, ABC CLIO.
  • Ryan, S. (2013). Children. Encyclopedia of Undocumented Immigrants. Greenwood, CT, ABC CLIO.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2013). Children’s malnutrition as a women’s issue. The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World , Second Edition. Sage.
  • Ryan, S. (2013). Human rights activism. The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage.

    • Instructor's Manual

  • Ryan, S. (2014). Finding & using data and statistics. 22nd National Legal Research Teach-in Training Kit. 24pp.. Chicago, IL, American Association of Law Librarians.
  • Ryan, S. (2003). Public Administration in modern society: An exploration of primary texts through a debate centered curriculum. 170pp. New York, NY, Baruch College.
  • Ryan, S. (2003). Think college now: College preparation program for 9th graders. 63pp. New York, NY, Baruch College.

    • Journal Article

  • Ali, I., Ryan, S.E. (2024). The law and policy of library development: A legal text analysis of Indonesian library bills. Other.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2023). From Humble Standpoint to Research and Back: Measuring, Assessing, and Improving How We Teach Diversity. Other. 42 (3/4) 253-271. Legal Reference Services Quarterly.
  • Ryan, S.E., Rashid, M., Ali, I. (2023). Data-Driven Empirical Research Costing: Using Scholarly Literature, Open Government Data, and Formative Case Studies to Plan Projects. Other. 115 (2) 227-253.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2023). The courts, Congress, and the Bureau of Prisons: Using the First Step Act as an impetus for accountability and legal reform of the federal carceral system.. Other. 36 (4) 783-826.
  • Ryan, S.E., Hong, L., Rashid, M. (2023). From Corpus Creation to Formative Discovery: The Power of Big Data-Rhetoric Teams and Methods. Review of Communication. 23 (1) National Communication Association.
  • Sovacool, B.K., Ryan, S.E. (2016). The geography of energy and education: Leaders, laggards, and lessons for achieving primary and secondary school electrification. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 58 107-123.
  • Ryan, S., Ryan, S., Stern, P., Janda, K., Rochlin, G., Spreng, D., Pasqualetti, M., Wilhite, H., Lutzenhiser, L. (2015). Integrating social science in energy research. Other. Energy Research & Social Science. 6 95-99.
  • Ryan, S. (2015). Teaching empirical legal study design: Topics & resources. Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing. 23 (2) 152-157.
  • Ryan, S.E., Hebdon, C., Dafoe, J. (2014). Energy research and the contributions of the social sciences: A contemporary examination. Energy Research & Social Science. 1 (3) 186-197.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2014). Rethinking gender and identity in energy studies. Energy Research & Social Science. 1 96-105.
  • Miguel-Stearns, T., Ryan, S.E. (2014). The empirical research law librarian Part 1: Making the case and filling the role. Trends in Law Library Management and Technology. 24 1-6.
  • Ryan, S.E., Miguel-Stearns, T.M. (2014). The empirical research law librarian Part 2: Developing the role. Trends in Law Library Management and Technology. 24 7-12.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2013). Data, statistics, or secondary statistical analysis: Helping students articulate and acquire the numbers they’re (really) seeking. Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing. 22 (1) 30-34.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2013). The challenges of researching African high court opinions: 10 lessons learned from a four-country retrievability survey. Legal Reference Services Quarterly. 32 (4) 294-306. Taylor & Francis.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2012). Assessing diversity in Public Affairs curricula: A model for student-led programmatic self-study. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 18 (4) 757-770.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2011). Heart of a Lion, Mind Full of Pride: The Paradox of Teaching EE as a Heuristic for Homegrown Change in Rwanda. Journal of Development Communication. 22 (2) 1-13.
  • Ryan, S.E., Randell, S. (2011). Re-imagining academic meetings as social justice workshops: Best practices from the International Conference on Gender Centres in Africa. Women & Language. 34 (1) 71-77.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2011). The Dilemmas of Post-identity Organizing: Unmaking feminist Ties in Southern Rwanda. Women & Language. 34 (2) 61-78.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2010). Let's Get Them Out of the Country! Reflecting On the Value of International Immersion Experiences for MPA Students. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 16 (2) 307-312.
  • Ryan, S.E., Balocating, A., Ohno, S., Saju, D., Walker, J. (2009). Peace-building through good governance and capable statehood. Peace Review. 21 (3) 286-295.
  • Hashmi, M., Ryan, S.E. (2009). Reifying binaries: British press coverage of the Bush Administration’s case for war in Iraq. Florida Journal of Communication. 39 (1) 40-54.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2007). Radical pedagogy: Lessons from the" Africa book" project. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 13 (3/4) 487-497.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2006). Arguing toward a More Active Citizenry: Re-envisioning the Introductory Civics Course via Debate-Centered Pedagogy. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 12 (3) 385-395.
  • Ryan, S.E., Sovacool, B. (2006). Uncovering the intellectual diversity of modern policy debate. Contemporary Argumentation & Debate. 27 49-70.

    • Law Review

  • Ryan, S. (2020). Judicial Authority Under the First Step Act: What Congress Conferred Through Section 404. Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal. 52 (3) 67-125.
  • Ryan, S. (2017). Increasing Legal Support for End-of-Life Planning in the United States: How Probate and Family Attorneys Can Contribute to a Culture of Dignified Dying. Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal. 30 (4) 335-357.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2011). Fulfilling the US obligation to prevent exterminationism: a comprehensive approach to regulating hate speech and dismantling systems of genocide. Loyola University Chicago Law Journal. 43 317-356.

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Ryan, S. (2021). History's Lessons. Time.
  • Ryan, S. (2016). Local-federal definitional divides: Special purpose districts and the challenges of empirical government research. Jurisdocs.
  • Gaultier, S., Miguel-Stearns, T., Ryan, S.E., Wang, F. (2014). More Than a Bunch of Old Books: Perspectives from rare book school. AALL Spectrum. 19 27.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2014). Navigating the human subjects research review process: The rhyme and reason of IRBs.. AALL Spectrum. 18 (3) 30--31.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2013). Digging in to patron data: What I learned from the law school “facebook. AALL Spectrum. 17 (3) 20--21.
  • Ryan, S.E. (2013). Rhyme and Reason of IRBs: Navigating the Human Subjects Research Review Process, The. AALL Spectrum. 18 30.

    • Newspaper

  • Ryan, S. (2020). The Frustrations of Fighting for Compassionate Release Under the First Step Act. The Crime Report.
  • Ryan, S. (2020). Why Justice Still Eludes Crack Offenders. The Crime Report. https://thecrimereport.org/2020/07/07/1003804/

    • Research Report

  • Stock, J., Fusaris, Ryan, S. (2013). Database evaluation report: Testing Casemaker, Fastcase, and Smart Litigator. Hartford, CT, Connecticut Bar Association.

    • Technical Report

  • Ryan, S.E. (2009). Lessons learned from the Communication pilot course at the Centre of Gender, Culture, and Development Studies at The Kigali Institute of Education.. Kigali, Rwanda, Embassy of the United States of America.

    • White Paper

  • Ryan, S.E. (2009). Static Strategy in a Dynamic Age: Nonprofit Web Missioning Throughout the 2000s. New York, NY, The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Ryan, S.E. (Presenter), Mastering grad. school, First Generation Student Organization of the University of North Texas, United States of America. (2024).
  • Ryan, S. (Presenter), All Staff Day, The role and importance of qualitative data, Office of the Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America. (2013).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Loyola University Law Journal conference on Hate Speech, Incitement, and Genocide, Systems of oppression: How genocides are organized over centuries and incited in days, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2011).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Ryan, S. (Presenter), Annual Conference, Enhancing the institutional information cycle: Better library administration through better study design, data gathering, analysis, and presentation, New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO), Boston, MA, United States of America. (2015).

    • Lecture

  • Ryan, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Rashid, M. (Author & Presenter), DIS Weekly Research Brown Bag Meeting, Diversity in the Curriculum: A Systematic Review, with Observations on Systematic Review Procedures, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Presenter), Rashid, M. (Presenter), UNT College of Information Diversity Fair, The Diversity & Curriculum Study: Lessons Learned for Programmatic Improvement, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Leader), Annual Meeting, Publishing Your Work in Interdisciplinary Social Science Journals, Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, Reno, NV, United States of America. (2022).
  • Barry, K. (Presenter), Ryan, S. (Presenter), Annual Conference, Transgender people and the equal protection clause, United States District Court, District of Connecticut, North Haven, CT, United States of America. (2016).
  • Ryan, S. (Presenter), Annual Conference, Argue like a (social) scientist: Data and statistics research skills for practicing attorneys and legal scholars, Connecticut Bar Association, Hartford, CT, United States of America. (2014).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Koppang, D. (Coordinator/Organizer), Wale, C. (Panelist), Ryan, S.E. (Panelist), Joyner, Z. (Moderator), AALL Annual Meeting, Holding On Is Holding Us Back: Positioning Ourselves for the Future Law Library Workplace, American Association of Law Libraries, United States of America. (2024).
  • Bedier, J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Dalton, S. (Panelist), Davison, A. (Panelist), Gonzalez, J. (Panelist), Ryan, S.E. (Panelist), AALL Annual Meeting, Partnerships to Increase Access to the Profession, American Association of Law Libraries, United States of America. (2024).
  • Giarratani, Esq., S.W. (Chair), Shields, Esq., R.G. (Presenter), de Anda, D. (Presenter), Ryan, S.E. (Presenter), 2024 PLLIP Summit, Building Diversity Pipelines, AALL: Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS & Black Law Librarians SIS, webinar, United States of America. (2024).
  • Bloomstone, A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Lawless-Collins, A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Megerman, S. (Panelist), Nelson , K. (Presenter), Ryan, S.E. (Presenter), AALL Annual Conference, Cultural Humility, Putting Actions After Words, American Association of Law Librarians, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Panelist), Open Access Symposium, My Experience Creating an OER Textbook, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2023).
  • , M. (Author & Presenter), Irhamni (Author), Ryan, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Department of Information Science Research Meetings, Costing & planning for empirical corpus research, Information Science Department, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2022).

    • Paper

  • Behpour, S. (Author), Ryan, S.E. (Author), Bevara, R.K. (Author & Presenter), Bonds, C. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), 19th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Triangulating mixed methods to access trends and impacts in the Journal of International Economic Law., Kent, Ohio, United States of America. (2024).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Author), Annual Meeting, Interrupting AI in LIS: Using analog, project-based, in-class team work to validate core research competency learning., Association for Library and Information Science Education, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2024).
  • Mohotarema, R. (Author & Presenter), Ryan, S.E. (Author), Hong, L. (Author), Multi-disciplinary Information Research Symposium, A brief survey of financial misinformation: Typologies, theories, and detection methods., Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Author & Presenter), Liberty and Justice for All? Examining Shortcomings in the Rights of the Incarcerated, Researching Judicial Outcomes and Prison Conditions in Pandemic-Era First Step Act Cases, St. John's Law School, United States of America. (2023).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Author & Presenter), San Diego Law Library Symposium, How Do We Measure Diversity in the Curriculum?, University of San Diego Law School, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Ali, I. (Author & Presenter), Ryan, S.E. (Author), Annual Meeting, From Legal Mandate to Library Services: The National Library of Indonesia's Dialogue, Open Access, and open government movements, Southwest Association of Law Libraries, Houston, United States of America. (2022).
  • Ryan, S. (Author & Presenter), 107th Annual Conference, The Contested Landscape of "Veteran": How a Word Bars Benefits and Shapes Former Service Members' Identities, National Communication Association, Seattle, Wa, United States of America. (2021).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Author), Preservation Research Exchange Conference, Beginning in the barrio: The politics of representing El Paso’s neighborhoods via the digital and physical “Las Villitas” exhibits, School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2012).
  • Ryan, S. (Author & Presenter), State of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Umuganda in Rwanda: The development system, poor people, and the fight for control of communal labor, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, New York, NY, United States of America. (2011).
  • Ryan, S. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting, The KAP Gap: Assessing external communication among female agronomy associations in Postcolonial Southern Rwanda, International Communication Association, Singapore, Singapore. (2010).
  • Ryan, S. (Author & Presenter), 100th Annual Conference, . The weakness of strong ties: Barriers to external communication among female agronomy associations in post-colonial southern Rwanda, Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2010).
  • Ryan, S. (Author & Presenter), Pfister, D. (Author & Presenter), 95th Annual Meeting, The theory of cyberseriality: Deliberative democracy in the digital age, National Communication Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2009).

    • Sharing Session

  • Ryan, S.E. (Other), Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Libraries Regional Roundtables, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Libraries, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2024).

    • Webinar

  • Laskowski, C. (Presenter), Ryan, S.E. (Presenter), The Biddle Speaker Series, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Law Libraries., University of Pennsylvania Law School, United States of America. (2025).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Coordinator/Organizer), Law workshop series, Part 3: Executive Branch, Department of Information Science, United States of America. (2022).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Coordinator/Organizer), Law workshop series, Part 2: Case Law, Department of Information Science, United States of America. (2022).
  • Ryan, S.E. (Coordinator/Organizer), Law workshop series, Part 1: The Constitution, Department of Information Science, United States of America. (2022).
  • Ryan, S. (Presenter), Biennial Conference, Advanced topics in research survey design, Federal Court Librarians, online, United States of America. (2020).
  • Ryan, S. (Presenter), eLearning Program, Advanced topics in survey design, American Association of Law Librarians, online, United States of America. (2015).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Curatorial Work. Ryan, S., "Authority, Obedience, & Social Pressure: The legacy of Stanley Milgram at Yale University and Yale Law School.", Lillian Goldman Library at Yale Law School, United States of America. (September 2013 - December 2013).
  • Curatorial Work. Ryan, S., "El Paso Newspapers", University of Texas at El Paso Library, United States of America. (August 2012 - December 2012).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Xie, Z. (Co-Principal), Phillips, M.E. (Co-Principal), Ryan, S.E. (Co-Principal), Wittenberg, J. (Co-Principal), "Joint Professional Development Institute To Cultivate Collaborative Library Scholars," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $499966 Funded. (2023).
  • Ryan, S.E., "Collection of Veterans Laws Passed by States, 2010-2020," sponsored by College of Information, Local, $3000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Ryan, S., "The Construction of Trans- Plaintiff Identities via Early Motion Practice," sponsored by Wesleyan University, Local, $2520 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Ryan, S. (Supporting), "Collaborative Research: Courts and the Globalization of Law," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $436265 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
  • Ryan, S. (Principal), "Rebuilding through Dialogue: A Nation in Transition (Rwanda)," sponsored by Research Foundation of the City University of New York, Local, $9500 Funded. (2008 - 2009).
  • Ryan, S. (Principal), "Mapping the Communication Practices of New York City Nonprofits," sponsored by Research Foundation of the City University of New York, Local, $6000 Funded. (2007 - 2008).

    • Grant - Service

  • Ryan, S.E. (Co-Principal), "Daughters of the Diaspora Conference," sponsored by Humanities Texas, State, $1500 Funded. (2010 - 2010).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Ryan, S., "Promoting Early Civic Engagement: The Middle School Debate Project," sponsored by Wesleyan University, Local, $4000 Funded. ( - 2021).
  • Ryan, S., Pearl, K., "Saving the Republic: Lessons from Plato for our Time," sponsored by Wesleyan University, Local, $4000 Funded. ( - 2021).
  • Ryan, S., "Legal Advocacy for Disabled Veterans," sponsored by Wesleyan University, Local, $6500 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Ryan, S.E., "Legal Advocacy for Disabled Veterans," sponsored by Wesleyan University, Local, $6500 Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Ryan, S. (Supporting), "Enhancing Chinese Language and Culture Instruction," sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Federal, $120000 Funded. (2011 - 2013).
  • Ryan, S. (Supporting), "Increasing Capacity and Qualifications of Rwandan Women through Higher Education and Research," sponsored by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, International, $36000 Funded. (2010 - 2012).

Service

University Service

  • Chairperson, Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color. (October 2023 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (October 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (September 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Scholarships and Awards Committee. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Friends of Dr. Chandler Committee. (September 8, 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Information Science Curriculum Committee. (September 1, 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color. (September 1, 2022 - September 2023).
  • Committee Member, Information Science Search Committee. (September 2022 - May 2023).
  • Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 2022 - May 2023).
  • Committee Member, Information Science Search Committee. (October 5, 2021 - May 2023).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Fellows Selection Committee. (November 9, 2021 - May 2022).
  • Faculty Advisor, The Student-Athlete of Color Leadership Council. (September 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021).
  • Faculty Advisor, WesSpeaks. (September 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021).
  • Committee Chair, Communicating Racial Justice Search Committee (visiting faculty). (June 2020 - August 2020).
  • Member, Institutional Review Board (socio-behavioral). (2015 - 2016).
  • Committee Member, Research Data Consultation Group. (November 2014 - December 2016).
  • Member, Yale African Studies Faculty Council. (2013 - 2016).
  • Member, Library Staff Association (LiSA). (2013 - 2015).
  • Chairperson, Law Library Orientation Committee. (August 2014 - October 2015).
  • Committee Member, Law Library Strategic Planning Committee. (September 2013 - August 2014).
  • Committee Member, Yale Libraries Promotion Review Committee. (January 2014 - July 2014).
  • Committee Member, Law Library Space Planning Committee. (November 2012 - July 2014).
  • Committee Member, Librarian for Digital Resources Search Committee. (February 2013 - April 2013).
  • Faculty Advisor, M.A. Program in Communication & Social Change, Philippines cohort. (August 2011 - August 2012).
  • Chairperson, Africa Working Group. (February 2010 - July 2012).
  • Faculty Advisor, Amnesty International. (January 2010 - July 2012).
  • Faculty Advisor, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance. (October 2009 - July 2012).
  • Committee Member, Assistant Professor of Communication Search Committee. (October 2009 - March 2010).
  • Chairperson, Women's Studies. (August 2008 - July 2009).
  • Chairperson, Vallone Lectures in Government. (September 2006 - May 2009).
  • Chairperson, Ethics Bowl (undergraduate competition). (February 2005 - May 2008).
  • Committee Chair, CollegeNOW Director Search Committee. (May 2007 - July 2007).
  • Committee Member, Ackerman Distinguished Lecturer Search Committee. (January 2007 - May 2007).
  • Committee Member, CUNY ERP Manager Search Committee. (November 2006 - January 2007).
  • Committee Member, CollegeNow/RF CUNY STEP Search Committee. (September 2006 - October 2006).
  • Committee Member, CollegeNow Assistant Director Search Committee. (September 2005 - November 2005).

Public Service

  • Other (parent volunteer), Newton Rayzor Elementary School. Denton, Texas. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Other (volunteer intake attorney), Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. (October 2022 - April 2023).
  • Other, Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. (August 2020 - August 2021).
  • Other (Focus group participant (design of new law library)), Texas A&M Law School. (August 27, 2021).
  • Other (Pro bono Attorney), Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. (August 19, 2021).
  • Guest Speaker, Connecticut Association of Collegiate Registrars. (June 25, 2021).
  • Discussant, Connecticut General Assembly, Veterans Committee. (February 2021 - February 2021).
  • Member, IMPACT Coalition/New York Urban Debate League. (September 1999 - May 2009).

Professional Service

  • Committee Chair, Dallas Association of Law Librarians. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, iSchools/iConference. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Southern Journal of Communication. (January 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, Communication and Military Division of the National Communication Association. (November 2021 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, American Association of Law Libraries (EDNGC Caucus, LIS Educational Materials Committee). (March 2022 - March 2024).
  • Committee Member, American Association of Law Libraries, Scholarship Awards Jury. (March 2022 - March 2024).
  • Mentor, Law Library Journal. (October 2022 - March 2023).
  • Guest Speaker, Quinnipiac Law School, Working with Judges event. (March 8, 2022).
  • Conference-Related, Davis Inter-University Consortium on Communication in the Undergraduate Curriculum. (August 2019 - November 2019).
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Energy Research & Social Science. (January 2015 - December 2016).
  • Committee Member, Research 4 Life/Global Access to Legal Information (GOALI). (2015 - 2016).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Energy Research & Social Science. (September 2013 - December 2016).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Energy Research & Social Science. (2013 - 2016).
  • Session Chair, American Association of Law Libraries, AALL - Schaffer Grant for Foreign & International Law Librarians. (2014 - 2015).
  • Committee Member, American Association for Law Libraries, Schaffer Grant for Foreign & International Law Librarians. (2013 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Women & Language. (2012 - 2012).
  • Board of Advisors, Eastern Communication Association. (April 2011 - September 2012).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Public Affairs Education. (December 2008 - August 2012).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, International Communication Association, various divisions. (November 2007 - January 2012).
  • Chairperson, Applied Communication Interest Group of the Eastern Communication Association. (April 2009 - April 2011).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, National Women's Studies Association, various groups. (January 2007 - May 2009).