Ryan Straight, Ph.D
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Ryan Straight, Ph.D

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Dr. Ryan Straight is an Honors and Assistant Professor in Cyber Operations in the College of Information Science at the University of Arizona, where he directs 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 graduated with 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. Now on Mastodon and Bluesky!

Featured Work

Latest Post

Beyond Cheating: Why AI Demands a Rethink of Graduate Education

Exploring how AI challenges traditional notions of academic integrity and opens new possibilities for collaborative learning in graduate education.

June 2025

New Publication

Cyber Dimensions: A Textbook and OER Toolkit

A comprehensive methodology guide for creating immersive cyber ethics case studies, featuring an open-source toolkit and companion textbook.

August 2025

Recent Media

Beyond Cheating: Why AI Demands a Rethink of Graduate Education

Featured interview with Evidence in Motion discussing AI’s role in graduate education and the shift from viewing AI as cheating to embracing collaborative learning.

Recent Achievement

Featured Presentation at OLC Innovate 2024

“Pondering a Posthuman Pedagogy: Redefining ‘Learner’ in the AI Era” - selected as a featured presentation at the premier online learning conference.

March 2024