About
About
Ryan C. Miller is a Ph.D. student in Early Childhood Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Before starting his doctoral journey, Ryan spent over 10 years teaching in preschool classrooms in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he developed a deep passion for honoring the cultural wealth that children and families bring to early learning spaces. His research focuses on the experiences of Latino/x male educators and young boys, exploring how early childhood education often fails to recognize their unique identities as strengths. Ryan is committed to transformative research that amplifies marginalized voices, reimagines what "quality" early education can be, and inspires hope for a more just and equitable future for all learners.
Early childhood educators' teaching practices and pedagogies
Latino boys/men in ECE
Critical critiques of dominant discourses within the field
Critical race theory/scholars
LatCrit
Pre-service teacher education
Lived experiences and perspectives of teachers of color
Transformative teaching practices
Research with transformative implications
PhD Candidate, Early Childhood Education
(ongoing)
University of Texas at Austin
Master of Arts, Educational Studies
University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing
University of Cincinnati
Associate's, Early Childhood Education
Cincinnati State Technical and Community
College