Charlotte Ryan is an Professor Emerita in the Sociology Department at UMass Lowell.

Charlotte Ryan, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology
Phone
978-934-4310
Office
Dugan Hall - 2nd Floor

Expertise

Community-based participatory research; social movements and communication; environmental and climate sociology; and public sociology

Research Interests

Community-based participatory research; Social movements and communication; Environmental and climate sociology; Public sociology.

Recent research projects have focused on how unions, domestic violence groups and community-based organizations integrate strategic communications into broader change strategies.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Sociology, (1992), Boston College - Boston, MA
    Dissertation/Thesis Title:Prime Time Activism: Media Strategies of Grassroots Social Movements
  • Other: Bilingual Education, (1981), Boston University, School of Education - Boston, MA
    Dissertation/Thesis Title:"African-American History Curriculum for Asian Students of English as a Second Language"
  • BA: History, (1971), Harvard University - Cambridge, MA

Selected Publications

  • Ryan, C. (2019). Beyond Prime Time Activism: Communication Activism and Social Change (first pp. 266). Routledge
  • Ryan, C. (2016). A Bridge Is Not Just a Metaphor: Building Sustainable Community-University Partnerships through Service Learning Projects. Service Sociology and Academic Engagement in Social Problems, 121.
  • Ryan, C., Brown, K.F. (2015). To act in concert : environmental communication from a social movement lens (pp. 114). Routledge
  • Ryan, C., Jeffreys, K., Ryczek, J., Diaz, J. (2014). Building Public Will: The Battle for Affordable—and Supportive—Housing. Journal of Poverty, 18(3) 335 - 354.
  • Ryan, C. (2014). A Bridge is not Just a Metaphor: Building Sustainable Community-university Partnerships through Service Learning Projects. Ashgate

Selected Presentations

  • A Bridge Is Not A Metaphor. - Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting thematic panel on Service Sociology, August 2011 - Las Vegas, Nevada

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Communities Creating Healthy Environments (2008), -
    Ryan, C. (Principal)
  • Communities Creating Healthy Environments, Praxis Project and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Youth Obesity Initiative) (2008), -
    Ryan, C.
  • Healey Public Service Grant (2007), Grant -
    Ryan, C.
  • ASA Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (2002), - American Sociological Association
    Ryan, C.