John Ryan

Dr. John Ryan is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia, and holds adjunct roles at Southern Cross University (Australia) and Susquehanna University (USA). His research bridges creative writing, literary studies, and environmental humanities, focusing on Aboriginal Australian poetry, Southeast Asian ecocriticism, and transdisciplinary plant studies. He has authored/co-authored 8 books, including Introduction to the Environmental Humanities and The Mind of Plants, and edited numerous volumes on ecocriticism and posthumanism.

• Research interests: Plant studies, ecocriticism, Indigenous literatures, and digital environmental humanities.
• Editor of Plant Perspectives and Managing Co-editor of The Trumpeter.
• Recipient of the 2023 Best Entry Award and 2018 Emerging Scholar Award.

His work spans 93 international conference presentations, including 18 keynote addresses, and collaborations across institutions in Australia, Asia, and the Americas. Recent research included visiting fellowships in Finland, China, and Thailand.