Name:	Ryan Ellis ryanellis@ucsd.edu Department of Communication University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0503
Education:	Doctoral Candidate, Communication, University of California, San Diego MA, Communication, University of California, San Diego, 2005 BA, Communication and Sociology, Boston College, 2002
Research Interests:	Currently conducting dissertation research focusing on infrastructure protection, regulatory reform, technological change, and democracy.
Teaching Experience:	Research Associate, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego, 2006-2008. Researched, developed, and co-authored a graduate-level interdisciplinary curriculum on critical infrastructure protection with a cross-university team of scholars. Senior Teaching Associate, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego, 2006-2007. Organized and led orientation for all incoming teaching assistants in the Department of Communication. Provided continued assistance, feedback, and materials to TAs during the year.
Honors and Awards:	Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude Dever Writing Award for Outstanding Research Paper (1999) Dever Writing Award for Outstanding Communication Criticism/Analysis (2002)
Publications Articles:	“Disaster via Airmail: The Launching of a Global Reaction Capacity After the 2001 Anthrax Attacks,” Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 1.3: 99-117 (MIT Press, 2006).  With Patrick Lagadec and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan.
Research Projects:	Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security Curriculum (Washington, DC: DHS, 2007). An interdisciplinary graduate-level curriculum sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security focusing on the public policies, technical issues, and managerial principles associated with achieving robust and resilient critical infrastructures. With Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Michael Kleeman, and Todd M. La Porte. Hazardous Material Transportation and the Security Externality: What Should be Done? (2008). Funded through Massachusetts Institute of Technology and administered through the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and PI Lewis Branscomb. This ongoing study examines the risks associated with rail transportation of hazardous materials, possible mitigation strategies, and public policy recommendations. With Lewis Branscomb, Mark Fagan, and Philip Auerswald.
Conference Papers & Presentations:	“Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum,” 2008 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland, Boston, May 2008 (Accepted). “Critical Infrastructure and Control Systems Security: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum,” 4th International Conference on Knowledge, Technology, and Society, Northeastern University, January 2008 “Binding the Nation Together? Postal Policy in the Era of Competition,” International Communication Association Conference, San Francisco, May 2007. “Binding the Nation Together: A Consideration of the United States Postal Service and Democratic Organization,” Communication in Crisis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 2006.