Kevin Albert Ryan (born 7 October 1932) is the founder and director emeritus of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character at
Boston University.
Career
As a naval officer, Ryan attended Instructors School and taught. When he left active duty, he entered
Columbia University, obtained a master's degree in the teaching of English and taught this subject at
Suffern High School
Suffern High School is a State school, public High school (North America), high school in the Suffern Central School District (formerly known as the Ramapo Central School District) located in Suffern, New York. The school's mascot is a mountain ...
,
Suffern, New York, for four years. It was toward the end of this period that he met his future wife, Marilyn Snydar, an English teacher from a nearby school.
A former high school English teacher, Ryan has taught on the faculties of
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, the
University of Chicago,
Harvard University,
Ohio State University, and the
University of Lisbon.
Books Ryan has written or edited include ''Moral Education: It Comes with the Territory''; ''Reclaiming Our Schools: A Handbook for Teaching Character, Academics, and Discipline'' (with Ed Wynne); and ''Building Character in Schools: Practical Ways to Bring Moral Instruction to Life'' (with Karen Bohlin).
Ryan has written and edited twenty books, written over one hundred articles, and developed several sets of instructional materials. He has consulted on moral education and teacher education for the U. S. Department of Education and the state departments of education of New York, Massachusetts, California, Georgia, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Maryland, Alabama and Virginia. Professor Ryan has worked overseas with educators in Portugal, Germany, Egypt, Finland, Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Spain.
Honors
In 1998, Ryan was awarded the National Award of Distinction by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and the 1998 Award for Educational Excellence by the Paideia Society.
In 2003,
Pope John Paul II appointed Ryan to the
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
References
External links
Kevin Ryan's page at Boston University's Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
1932 births
Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
Living people
Stanford University faculty
Harvard University faculty
University of Chicago faculty
Ohio State University faculty
Boston University faculty
Writers from New York (state)
Members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
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