Charlotte Ryan, Sociology
Charlotte Ryan, Sociology
Associate Professor
Expertise
Environmental sociology, participatory communications, public sociology
Research Interest
Recent research projects have focused on how unions, domestic violence groups and community-based organizations integrate strategic communications into broader change strategies.Educational Background
Ph.D., Boston College
Biosketch
Dr. Ryan studies how social groups organize for change, paying particular attention to the role of mass media and communication in those change efforts. She is a member of MRAP (Movement/Media Research and Action Project), a national network of social researchers and activists. Her most recent book, with David Croteau and William Hoynes,is Rhyming Hope and History: Social Movement Scholarship and Activism (University of Minnesota Press, 2005). Dr. Ryan also supervises field work.