Dr. Ryan Wander Portrait

Dr. Ryan Wander

Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. US Literature
    University of California, Davis
  • M.A. US Literature
    University of California, Davis
  • B.A. Literature
    University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Wander joins the VSU English Department as Assistant Professor of Multiethnic Literature of the US. His research focuses on late 19th- and early 20th- Century US literature, Asian American literature, settler colonial studies, and gender and sexuality studies. His teaching spans across periods and genres, from Native American folklore and colonial sermons to contemporary poetry and fiction by writers such as Layli Long Soldier and Tom Lin.