Kent Ryden
Kent Ryden is a Professor of American and New England Studies at the University of Southern Maine. He is known for writing and teaching in the fields of regional literature, cultural geography, folklore and environmental humanities. Early life and education. Ryden earned his BA at Carroll College, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, an MA from the University of Connecticut, and PhD in American Civilization from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He was awarded the Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation prize for his thesis work. Career. Ryden's thesis was later revised into his first book, "Mapping the Invisible Landscape: Folklore , Writing and the Sense of Place". He has authored two other books, "Landscape with Figures: Nature and Culture in New England" and "Some of the Parts: The Cultural Politics of Region, Place and Writing." Ryden's studies of the relationships between geographic places and their effect on the emotions, and behavior and story-telling of the people who inhabit them have been extensively cited. On September 12, 2015, as an instructor, Ryden went to Change Islands, Newfoundland, Canada with 9 students from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Apart from his wealthy knowledge and relaxing narrative, he is also a gentle, warmhearted , humorous person and is very popular among the students. It seems that until the moment of this editing, he has been enjoying this experience in Change Islands very much, which needs the confirmation from himself.