John Charles Ryan

John Charles Ryan , MA, PhD, is Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, Australia, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Nulungu Institute, Notre Dame University, Australia. His research focuses on Aboriginal Australian literature, Southeast Asian ecocriticism, environmental humanities, ecopoetics, and critical plant studies. His recent books include (2021, Routledge), (2021, Synergetic), (2021, Routledge), and (2022, Springer). His ecopoetry, including (2020, Pinyon), concerns the botanical world and human-plant relations.

Publications

Literary Ethnobotany in Aboriginal Australia: Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Poetry as Biocultural Activism
Literary Ethnobotany in Aboriginal Australia: Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Poetry as Biocultural Activism
John Charles Ryan. © 2023. 22 pages.
Aboriginal rights activist, poet, educator, and environmentalist Oodgeroo Noonuccal became the first Indigenous Australian to publish a collection of poetry. Noonuccal's work...