Education

2025 -

2019 - 2021

2012 - 2014

M.A., American Studies
University of Maryland, College Park

2008 - 2012

Ph.D., Information Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Advisors: Dr. Jonathan Lazar, Dr. Paul Jaeger

M.A., Higher Education, Student Affairs, International Education
Concentration: Higher Education
University of Maryland, College Park

B.A., Media, Society and the Arts
Purchase College, State University of New York

Article Publications

[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 & Chapter Publications

[B.2] Pineo, E., Ryan, A., Cork, S., & Jaeger, P. T. (Eds.). (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 & 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

Fall 2025 -

Including Disability, Associate Editor

Fall 2025 -

Digital Accessibility Advisory Committee, Member

Fall 2025 -

DAAC Subcommittee, Co-Chair

Teaching Experience

Fall 2023

IMDM150 Digital Media Theory and Culture
Instructor of Record