Ryan Burns (he/him) is an instructional coach focused on writing across the curriculum at Winman Middle School in Warwick, Rhode Island, and an adjunct professor in the English Department at Rhode Island College. A 2024–2025 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellow and a 2019–2020 Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellow, he holds a doctorate in literacy, culture and language education from Indiana University. His research and writing explore critical literacy, English education, LGBTQ+ adolescent literature and the experiences of queer educators in schools.
