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Spouse. Katie Homer. Education. Yale University ( BA) University of Virginia ( JD) 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.
- James Edward Ryan, September 21, 1966 (age 57)
- Teresa A. Sullivan
- Katie Homer
- Bridget Terry Long
Aug 1, 2018 · Ryan is married to Katie Homer Ryan, a staff attorney for the Education Law Clinic and Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative at Harvard Law School and an adjunct lecturer in education. Katie Ryan is a 1987 graduate of Dartmouth College and, like Jim, earned a J.D. from the UVA School of Law in 1992.
- Wait, What?
- I Wonder ...
- Couldn’T We at Least …
- How Can I Help?
- What Truly Matters?
- Even So
Ryan’s first essential life question, “Wait, what?” takes its inspiration from his children—Will, a Harvard sophomore; Sam, who starts Yale next fall; Ben, a high school junior; and sixth-grader Phebe. Depending on the circumstances, it’s uttered in disbelief, protest or when reality intrudes on inattention. Ryan calls “wait, what?” the root of all...
Ryan’s second essential question, “I wonder …” isn’t a question, but it prompts the asking of some of life’s most incisive. It’s a call to curiosity and an invitation to question the status quo—asking “I wonder why” to understand the present nature of things and “I wonder if” to explore better possibilities. As both insider and outsider, Ryan is pa...
Of all Ryan’s questions, “Couldn’t we at least” is the most tactical. It’s a way to find common ground, agree on some basic first steps, so people of different views can collaborate toward a solution. Or, as he told the 2016 graduating education students at Harvard, “This is the question to ask that will enable you to get unstuck.” Ryan tells how a...
The importance of Ryan’s next question is its phrasing: “How can I help?” Just that it’s phrased as a question, as opposed to the declarative, “Here, let me help,” supplants arrogance—thinking oneself a savior—with the respectfulness of deference. As Ryan said in his famous commencement remarks, “How we help matters as much as that we do help, and ...
The fifth essential question, to ask yourself “What truly matters?” carries the authenticity of how Ryan has steered his own life—the 22-year-old who knew law school could wait but rugby in Australia wouldn’t, the would-be law dean who would instead lead an education school, Harvard’s rising star who’s running toward a UVA he sees poised for someth...
The payoff to Ryan’s “Wait, What?” speech comes in the bonus question he offers at the end. If you live your life asking, “Wait, what?” “I wonder…” “Couldn’t we at least?” “How can I help?” and “What truly matters?” then you can answer “I did” to this line from the Raymond Carver poem, “Late Fragment”: And did you get what you wanted from this life...
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 ...
James E. Ryan serves as the ninth president of the University of Virginia. Since starting in August 2018, Ryan, working with dedicated colleagues across Grounds, has helped craft and secure approval of a new strategic plan for the University; secured funding and approval for a new School of Data Science; secured lead gifts for the Karsh Institute of Democracy and a new Performing Arts Center ...
Ryan and his wife, Katie, have four children. James E. Ryan serves as the ninth president of the University of Virginia. A leading expert on law and education, Ryan has written extensively about the ways in which law structures educational opportunity.
Sep 15, 2017 · James E. Ryan stands poised to return to Grounds as the next president of the University of Virginia after spending more than four years as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He and his wife, the former Katie Homer, and their four children know Charlottesville well; Jim and Katie Ryan met while students at the UVA School of Law ...
