Education
Ph.D., Information Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Advisors: Dr. Jonathan Lazar, Dr. Paul Jaeger
2025 -
M.A., Higher Education, Student Affairs, International Education
Concentration: Higher Education
University of Maryland, College Park
2019 - 2021
M.A., American Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
2012 - 2014
B.A., Media, Society and the Arts
Purchase College, State University of New York
2008 - 2012
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
[P.2] Ryan, A., Pineo, E., Jaeger, P. T., & Cork, S. (2026). Malice as modernization: Twenty-first century eugenics, AI, Project 2025, and disability. First Monday, 31(2).https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v31i2.14729
[P.1] Ryan, A. (2025). Legal Perspectives on Video Game Accessibility: Employing Precedent to Make Gaming More Inclusive. Including Disability, 6.https://doi.org/10.51357/id.v6i.393
BOOK AND CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS
[B.2] Pineo, E., Ryan, A., Jaeger, P. T., Cork, S., Lazar, J., Gorham, U., Loizides, F., Anders, P., Neate, T., Tchangalova, N., Olsen, S., Peterson, A., Pilon, A., Hoffman, K., Padrón, R., Palla, A., & Jordan, J. B. (Forthcoming). A Librarian’s Guide to US and EU Accessibility Compliance: Digitally Inclusive, Welcoming Libraries for Disabled Community Members.
[B.1] Dixon, E., Wood, R., Ryan, A., Lazar, J., Feng, J., Jordan, J.B. (2026). Mapping Interface Evaluation Methods Across the Waves of Human-Computer Interaction Research. In: Vanderdonckt, J., Palanque, P., Winckler, M. (eds) Handbook of Human Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27648-9_33-1
INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
[L.2] Ryan, A. (2026, April 1). Video Game Accessibility [Guest Lecture]. INST730 Games as Emergent Experiences, University of Maryland, College Park.
[L.1] Ryan, A. (2025, April 9). Video Game Accessibility [Guest Lecture]. INST730 Games as Emergent Experiences, University of Maryland, College Park.
Academic Service
Including Disability, Associate Editor
Fall 2025
Digital Accessibility Advisory Committee, Member
Fall 2025
DAAC Subcommittee, Co-Chair
Fall 2025
Teaching Experience
IMDM150 Digital Media Theory and Culture
Instructor of Record
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An introduction to the fundamental structures and themes of digital culture in contemporary society. This course will provide you with a theoretical grounding in which to understand the current landscape of digital media culture, design and art. As an introductory course for the Immersive Media Design major, the focus will be on contextualizing immersive digital media such as virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive projection, and electronic art installation through reading, writing and discussion. Students will have opportunities to experience a range of these technologies first hand.
Fall 2023