Ryan M. Rish (he/him/his)

My research interests involve the literacy practices of adolescents and adults, especially in regard to how those practices relate to the institutions, social spaces, and geographic places in which they are enacted. This research includes investigations within and across classrooms, online spaces, and communities guided by concerns for learning with participants how to make learning opportunities more equitable for marginalized youth and how to engage students with critical considerations of their social worlds and local communities.

• PhD, Ohio State University, Adolescent, Post-Secondary, and Community Literacies
• MEd, Ohio State University, English Education
• BA, Walsh University, English & Philosophy

• Schindel, A., Rish, R.M., Ramdath, K.*, Mawer, D.*, Higgins, C.*, & Christiano, M.* (2022). Sustaining relationships through critical place inquiry. Journal of School & Society, 8(2), 37-44.
• Clark, C., Skrlac Lo, R., Boyd, A., Cook, M., Crawley, A., & Rish, R.M. (2022). New conceptual tools for be(com)ing antiracist literacy (teacher) educators at PWIs. English Teaching: Practice & Critique, 21(4), 364-378.

• Rish, R.M., & Rish, E.M. (2023). Virtual bike racing: Contrastive case studies of embodied gaming. In H. Gerber (Ed.), The literacies of esports ecosystem (pp. 144-163). Boston, MA: Brill | Sense.

• Rish, R.M. (2023, March). Critical placemaking and digital literacies. Writing Across the Curriculum, SUNY Oneonta.;

• Boyd, A., Clark, C., Cook, M., Crawley, A., Rish, R.M., & Skrlac Lo, R. (2022, November). Be(com)ing antiracist teacher educators in predominantly white institutions (PWIs): A collaborative, hermeneutic inquiry. National Council of Teachers of English. Anaheim, CA.;
• Boyd, A., Clark, C., Cook, M., Crawley, A., Rish, R.M., & Skrlac Lo, R. (2022, November). Exploring catalysts for epistemic friction: Antiracist texts, conversations, and teaching at PWIs. Literacy Research Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.;
• Schindel, A., Rish, R.M., Ramdath, K., & Ormerod, K. (2023, April). Healing relationships with the natural world through critical place inquiry. National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.;
• Waight, N., Tripp, J., Rish, R.M., Miles, M., Ramdath, K., Robert, S., & Gallivan, S. (2023, April). Biking to uncover science in urban communities: Pre-service Science teachers' critical conscientization of science-community. National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Chicago, IL.;

• STEMcyclists: Black and Brown Youth Transforming STEM via Bikes; Federal; National Science Foundation; Awarded; (01/01/2024-12/31/2026)
• Becoming Antiracist Educators in Partisan Pandemic Times; Foundation and Research Organization; Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University; Awarded; (08/01/2021-08/01/2023)
• Citizen Science Teachers: University at Buffalo (UB) Noyce Residency Scholars; Federal; National Science Foundation Noyce Program; Awarded; (07/21/2021-06/30/2026)
• Supporting Pre-Service English Teachers in the Teaching of Grammar; Foundation and Research Organization; Center for the Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Kennesaw State University; Awarded; (02/06/2012-05/31/2012)
• Community Literacies and Civic Engagement Associated with an Online Newspaper; Foundation and Research Organization; Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, Ohio State University; Awarded; (06/30/2008-06/30/2008)

• Editorial Board Member, Research in the Teaching of English
  06/01/2022-05/31/2025
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
  08/01/2017-06/30/2026

• Media Literacy Award Selection Committee, NCTE
  07/01/2022-07/30/2024
• Chair, Early Career Award Committee: Media, Culture, and Learning SIG, AERA
  11/01/2019-03/31/2020
• Chair, Nominating Committee, English Language Arts Teacher Educators (formerly CEE)
  09/01/2018-08/31/2019