Ryan has taught classes to high school students, college students, sixth graders, adult learners, and college professors. His emphasis on experiential learning, problem solving and critical thinking ensures that students are successful. Classes he has taught include: Film/Videography, History (U.S., World, Latin America), Writing, Educational Theory, Apple Computers, Microsoft Office, Website Development.
Ryan originally trained as a copywriter in Austin, Texas. He began his career working for an advertising agency in Denver that specialized in homebuilders and retail shops. During his tenure as the Marketing Director for the Wilkinson Public Library, he incorporated videography and event live-streaming into his work flow which helped increase patron attendance 60% over three years. He is adept at writing press releases, designing websites that use modern content management systems such as Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla.
Ryan has a natural ability to quickly learn new software. He is proficient at Microsoft Office, Adobe CreativeSuite, Film-editing software, Web Content Management Systems, Learning Management Systems, and Operating Systems on the Mac and PC platform. He has also taught many of the software packages to adult learners and traditional students throughout his career.
Ryan teaches about video editing software at the Telluride library.
Ryan did his graduate research on Lil Milagro Ramirez (pictured on wall)
Overseeing sixth graders play at an environmental education camp.
Duties: Taught 15 credits of history each year; Developed and Administered Faculty training for campus Learning Management System (LMS); Represented CNCC at the state level as the LMS Administrator; Created an ADA-compliant style guide and syllabus template for faculty use; Delivered training for student orientations; Created and implemented a student success database that tracked student grades, provided a faculty form for student referrals in need of an intervention, and analyzed data for future efficiency and usability in the process.
Duties: Oversaw creation and distribution of all marketing materials promoting programs at library; Filmed and streamed library programs; redesigned library website; built yearly marketing plan; increased yearly program attendance by 60%; Collaborated with community organizations to offer patron programming.
Duties: Built student intervention database; Part of a three-person team to redesign school website
Secondary Courses Taught: US History, American Government, Economics, Graphic Design, Documentary Filmmaking, Writing Skills.
Duties: Trained undergraduate students in developing problem-solving skills through the methodology of Problem Based Learning
Duties: Lived with and instructed up to 100 sixth graders in a weekly residence-based program; taught environmental education through experiential learning.
Duties: Facilitated the understanding and implementation of PBL procedures for 30 Dental Hygiene undergraduates.
Duties: Database development; Website and online teaching development; Marketing and advertising assistance; Student advising for admittance to a college level online learning program.
Duties: Creative writing and concept development for advertisements, websites, newspaper articles, press releases and television.
George and Eleanor Kyte History Fellowship: 2006 recipient; funding allowed me to conduct research for my M.A. thesis in El Salvador.
NAU Office of Provost Travel Award: 2006 recipient; funding allowed me to attend Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies in Denver, Colorado.
November 2012 “Salvadoran Identity and the Formation of Collective Movements,” Latin American Perspectives, Issue 187, Vol. 39 No. 6, pp. 253-258
April/June 2011 "Lil Milagro Ramírez, La Forga de una Mujer Revolucionaria en El Salvador,” Cultura, Revista de la Secretaría de Cultura de la Presidencia, No. 106., pp. 69-88
April 2008 “Lil Milagro Ramírez: The University and Radicalization,” 55th, Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Flagstaff, AZ.
March 2006 "Lil Milagro Ramírez: Gender and Radicalization in El Salvador," Graduate Student History Organization Conference, Flagstaff, AZ.
February 2006 "Lil Milagro Ramírez: Gender and Radicalization in El Salvador," 53rd Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies, Denver, CO.
2017 Consultant to Dean of Instruction at CNCC. Built face-to-face and online professional development materials. Topics included: Professional Learning Communities; Innovative Learning Techniques; The Learning Process; Assessment
2013-2016 ELearning Consortium of Colorado Participant
2015-2016 Developed faculty trainings on the following topics: Student Feedback Loops; Writing Effective Quiz Questions; Building a Flipped Classroom;
2014-2015 Built tiered-level training utilizing the Learning Management System Brightspace by D2L for faculty development and training.
2011 SMART Goal and Student Intervention Training
Fall 2015 Organizer for Global Awareness Week
2014-2016 Chair and Founder of Committee for Innovation in the Classroom
2013-2016 Member of Student Success Committee
2013-2016 Member of Student Orientation Committee
2013-2016 Member of Learning Technology Council for Colorado System
2013-2016 Faculty Senate Member