Joseph W. Ryan
5967 Preston Valley Dr.
Dallas, TX 75240
jryan@jesuitcp.org
(972) 387-8700 x306 office
(785) 312-1786 cell
CURRENT
History Teacher, Jesuit College Prep, Dallas
EDUCATION
2010- Ph.D. (History - with honors) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
1999- M.M.A.S. (History - with honors) US Army Command & General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, KS.
1997- M.S. (Educational Counseling) Long Island University, Long Island, NY.
1984- B.A. (History) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
EXPERIENCE
2010History teacher/asst. athletic trainer, Jesuit College Preparatory School, Dallas, TX.
2007-2010 - Graduate Teaching Assistant/Asst. Instructor, history, University of Kansas.
2008 - Instructor, history, Haskell Indian Nations University.
2004-2007- History teacher, Montverde Academy, Montverde, FL.
2001-2004 - Asst. prof. of history, US Army Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,
KS.
1996-1998- Instructor, Military Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.
1992-1994- Instructor, Officer Basic Course, US Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, AL.
1984-2004- United States Army (retired lieutenant colonel - aviation). Military experience includes
managing thousands of soldiers and scores of programs on three continents in command, staff, and
instructional positions requiring initiative, creativity, judgment, and a sense of urgency. Performed
duties in personnel systems management, multi-million dollar budget oversight, sensitive foreign
relations, the management of violence, the maintenance of real estate as well as chattel property,
and the traditional responsibilities associated with service as an officer in the US military.
COURSES OFFERED
Secondary:
AP/Honors/Basic US History
British History
Ethics
Leaders in History
Genocide in the 20th Century
Historical Concept of War
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Undergraduate:
US History
Genocide in the 20th Century
The Historian’s Craft
War & Society
The History of the Second World War
Graduate:
Evolution of Modern Warfare
World War I
Military Theory
ATHLETICS and ACTIVITIES
Asst Athletic Trainer - Jesuit College Prep, Dallas
Coach - Water polo, US Military Academy, West Point, NY
Coach - Swimming, Montverde Academy, Montverde, FL
Coach/Trainer - Baseball, Montverde Academy, Montverde, FL
Advisor - Honor and Ethics, US Military Academy, West Point, NY
Advisor - Judicial Council and Academic Team, Montverde Academy, Montverde, FL
Sunday School Teacher, (preschool, 3-5 grade, and middle school) - Westside Family
Church, Lenexa, KS.
Boys Counselor - Westside Family Church, Lenexa, KS.
Red Cross Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard
Black-belt, Tai Kwon Do
LANGUAGES
Rudimentary conversational Spanish.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Samuel Stouffer and the G.I. Survey: Sociologists and Soldiers during the Second World War. Knoxville:
University of Tennessee Press, 2013.
Introduction for Doug Weaver, ed. Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial. Kansas City:
Kansas City Star Books, 2001. xi-xii.
Journal Articles: “Samuel A. Stouffer and The American Soldier.” Journal of Historical Biography,
vol. 7 (Spring 2010): 100-138.
Encyclopedia Articles:
Gordon Martel, ed. The Encyclopedia of War . Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 2012. (“Einsatzgruppen,”
“Hermann Goering,” “Reinhard Heydrich,” “Heinrich Himmler”).
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Ute Daniel, ed. International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Online. Berlin: Freie Universitat
Berlin, 2013. (“Raymond B. Fosdick”). (Forthcoming 2014).
Book Reviews:
Pois, Robert and Philip Langer. Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership. The Journal of
Military History vol. 69, no. 4 (October 2005): 1223-1224.
Oram, Gerard Christopher. Military Executions During WWI. The Journal of Military History vol.
68, no.3 (July 2004): 978-979.
Ripley, Tim. Bayonet Battle: Bayonet Warfare in the Twentieth Century. The Journal of Military History
vol. 66, no. 1 (January 2002): 229-230.
Miller, William Ian. The Mystery of Courage. The Journal of Military History vol. 65, no. 2 (April
2001):475-476.
Bourke, Joanna. An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare.
The Journal of Military History vol. 64, no.3 (July 2000): 915-916.
Poems: “Veteran’s Day at the Local Elementary.” Utah English Journal, vol. 35, 2007. 43.
PEER REVIEW: Journal of Military History. “Lack of Moral Fiber: The Uses and Abuses of
Psychiatric Stigma in the Military.”
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
“What Were They Thinking? Samuel A. Stouffer and The American Soldier”
Mid-American Conference on History, 2008
“Craiglockhart: A Lamp in Their Lifetime.”
Missouri Valley Historical Conference, 2002
GRANTS: 2008 University of Kansas Rebecca Robinson Award for Domestic Graduate Research
Travel
AWARDS:
University of Kansas Department of History Outstanding Dissertation in History, 2010.
US Army Command & General Staff College Outstanding Master’s Thesis in History, 1999.
Nomination – Distinguished Book Award, Army Historical Foundation, 2013.
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