Ryan Boyd

Ryan Boyd lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the University of Southern California. Having quit Twitter, he can now be found on Bluesky (@ryanboyd.bsky.social).

Articles

Is It Possible to Teach Anti-Capitalism? On James Rushing Daniel’s “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition”
Ryan Boyd reviews James Rushing Daniels’s “Toward an Anti-Capitalist Composition.”
Ryan BoydOct 5, 2023
- Education
- Remaking the University
Toward a Non-Dogmatic Pedagogy: On Susan D. Blum’s “Ungrading”
A collaborative polemic against rating-obsessed structures that inhibit good teaching and real learning.
Ryan BoydDec 5, 2021
- Education
What We’re Owed: John Warner on the Future of Higher Education
Ryan Boyd reviews John Warner’s latest book, “Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education.”
Ryan BoydFeb 3, 2021
“This Long Whine”: George Scialabba’s Depressions
Ryan Boyd on George Scialabba’s “How To Be Depressed.”
Ryan BoydSep 6, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
Zoom and Gloom: Universities in the Age of COVID-19
Ryan Boyd considers two new books on higher education.
Ryan BoydMay 25, 2020
- Education
- Remaking the University
“The Students Are the Material”: David Gooblar and the Art of College Teaching
Ryan Boyd reviews “The Missing Course” by David Gooblar.
Ryan BoydJan 5, 2020
- Education
- Remaking the University
Generous Worlds: Rethinking the Fate of the American University
Ryan Boyd reviews Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s “Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University.”
Ryan BoydJul 15, 2019
- Education
- Remaking the University
Beautiful Questions: “How Humans Learn” and the Future of Education
“‘How Humans Learn’ is a splendid repository of ways to rethink how we teach college.” Ryan Boyd reviews Joshua R. Eyler’s new book.
Ryan BoydMay 27, 2019
- Education
- Remaking the University

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