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James Edward Ryan (born September 21, 1966) is an American legal scholar and lawyer, currently serving as the ninth president of the University of Virginia since August 2018. He previously served as the eleventh dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education from 2013 to 2018. [1] [2]
- James Edward Ryan, September 21, 1966 (age 57)
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Dean, 2013-2018. A leading expert on law and education, James Ryan has written extensively about how law structures educational opportunity. Before joining HGSE, he was the Matheson and Morgenthau Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. There, he served as academic associate dean from 2005–2009 and founded and ...
Jan 8, 2015 · Their answers — recorded in minute-long videos — are a reminder of the vital role that education plays in addressing the complex challenges of today’s world. Here’s how HGSE Dean James E. Ryan answered the question of why it matters. See what other Harvard faculty members have to say — watch the full Why It Matters series.
Jun 10, 2013 · James E. Ryan, a scholar at the crossroads of education, law, and policy, will become the new dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on September 1, President Drew Faust announced this morning. Ryan will succeed Kathleen McCartney, who becomes president of Smith College on July 1. Ryan is now the Matheson and Morgenthau ...
Sep 15, 2017 · The University of Virginia announced this morning that James E. Ryan, who has been dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education since September 1, 2013, will become its next president, effective October 1, 2018. Ryan, a legal scholar whose work focused on educational opportunity in important ways, came to Harvard from the University of Virginia ...
Aug 1, 2018 · The Board of Visitors unanimously appointed Ryan as UVA’s ninth president last September. “Jim Ryan holds values that will distinguish his time as president and strengthen the University’s leadership role in higher education as it enters its third century,” Conner said. “He has great integrity and a passion for service.
Feb 20, 2024 · In August 2018 Ryan began his term as president of the university. He has a national reputation in the areas of law and education, having authored a study of the effects of racial segregation on two school systems in Richmond, Virginia, Five Miles Away, A World Apart (2010), a text on the legal dimensions of education, Educational Policy and the Law (2011), and numerous articles in law ...
