Dr. Ryan Cordell

Associate Professor

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Biography

Ryan Cordell is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences and an Affiliated Associate Professor at Northeastern University. He is a core founding faculty member of the NULab for Texts, Maps, Networks. Cordell's research focuses on how the technologies of production, reception, circulation, and remediation shape the meanings of texts within historical communities. His main interest lies in the circulation and reprinting of nineteenth-century American newspapers, with a keen focus on the influence of digitization and computation on contemporary reading, writing, and research. He employs data mining tools to uncover narratives in large-scale archives and is also involved in practical letterpress printing. Ryan serves as a Senior Fellow for the Andrew W. Mellon Society's Critical Bibliography program at the Rare Book School and is the director of Skeuomorph Press Book Lab, an experiential research pedagogy studio. His work contributes to the understanding of textuality's evolution across history and its implications for modern scholarship.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

University of Illinois • Champaign, IL

Ryan is an Associate Professor focusing on the intersection of digital humanities and historical texts.

Affiliated Associate Professor

— Present

Northeastern University • Boston, MA

Ryan holds an affiliated position within the English department at Northeastern University.

Awards

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship

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Senior Fellow

Courses

BookLab: Print Programming Independent Study

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
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Specialization Notes

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