William Ryan

Professor

School of Humanities

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William M Ryan, MFA
Professor, English

Education

MFA

1989, creative writing, fiction
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

MA

1980, creative writing, poetry
Colorado State University

BA

1972, English
Montclair State University

Biographical Sketch

Prof. Ryan grew up in New Jersey, lived in Colorado, Massachusetts, Manhattan and Spain, and worked as a journalist, a writer, a teacher and a producer for public radio before he began his career at ULM, where he teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in literature and creative writing.

Licensure & Certification

New Jersey State Teacher Certification, State of New Jersey, Department of Education. (June 1972 - Present)

Research Interests

Contemporary fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

Recent Publications

Ryan, W. M. (2011). "The Solo You Took on a Solo of Mine". Massachusetts: Group 18 Anthology, Open Field Press, Henry Lyman, editor.

Ryan, W. M. (2011). "Tiemann Place". Massachusetts: Group 18 Anthology, Open Field Press, Henry Lyman, editor.

Ryan, W. M. (2011). "Trouble in Heaven". Texas: Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol. IV: Louisiana.

Ryan, W. M. (2011). "Where to Begin". Texas: Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol. IV: Louisiana.

Ryan, W. M. To Die in Latin (pp. 78). Amherst, MA and Portland, OR: Lynx House Press.

Ryan, W. M. (1992). Not to Make Emptiness a Point of View (pp. 28). Tuscaloosa, AL: Oat City Press.

Ryan, W. M. (1986). Dr. Excitement's Elixir of Longevity (pp. 309). New York, NY: Donald I. Fine, Inc. (cloth); Laurel Trade Paper Editions of Dell Publishing.

Ryan, W. M. (1984). Eating the Heart of the Enemy (pp. 105). Amherst, MA and Portland, OR: Lynx House Press.

Awards & Honors

2016 Tommy and Mary Barham Endowed Professor of English.

September 2010 Finalist: Novel Category of the 2010 William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.

August 2007 Tom and Mary Barhan Endowed Professorship.

August 2000 Endowed Professor of English.

1997 Nomination for The 1997 Pushcart Prize.

January 1994 Artist's Fellowship.

1994 Nomination for The 1994 Pushcart Prize.

January 1981 Writing Fellowship, fiction.

January 1979 Writing Fellowship, poetry.

1976 Research Fellow.

1976 First Prize in Poetry, Colorado Fine Arts Symposium Award.

February 1975 Colorado State University Writer of the Year Award.

Courses Taught

ENGL 1001COMPOSITION I, 13 course(s)

ENGL 1002Compo & Intro To Liter, 2 course(s)

ENGL 2006AMERICAN LITERATURE II, 45 course(s)

ENGL 3013INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL, 1 course(s)

ENGL 3015CREATIVE WRITING, 22 course(s)

ENGL 3050JUNIOR SEMINAR: PROSE, 3 course(s)

ENGL 4080Internship In Tech & Prof Comm, 3 course(s)

ENGL 4091ADVANCED FICTION WRITING, 15 course(s)

ENGL 5026Compressed Video Seminar, 1 course(s)

ENGL 5031FICTION WRITING SEMINAR, 13 course(s)

ENGL 5032SPEC TOPICS FRM THEO CREAT WRT, 1 course(s)

ENGL 5191ADVANCED FICTION WRITING, 1 course(s)

William M Ryan, MFA Professor, English