Ryan Straight, PhD

Dr. Ryan Straight is an Honors and Assistant Professor in Cyber, Intel, and Information Operations in the College of Applied Science and Technology at the University of Arizona. He directs the college's first and only research laboratory, the Mixed Augmented ViRtual eXtended Reality (MA{VR}X) Lab. He received his doctoral degree in Instructional Technology in 2015 from Ohio University and in 2023 completed an MS Cybersecurity degree from the University of Arizona. He teaches classes on data science, human-computer interaction, and cyber ethics, as well as his yearly Honors seminar, "Cyborgs and Transhumanism." In his capacity as lab director, Ryan oversees or supports over a dozen ongoing research projects at any given time with student research assistants from across the university. His research focuses online learning, cybersecurity, posthuman inquiry, and applied postphenomenology.