Public Engagement
Ryan engages regularly with journalists and the general public about his work. Browse by category or search for specific items.
🏆 denotes an award-winning or featured item
Prism (2025)
Ryan comments on new pipeline proposals following the rescission of federal environmental justice policies
Coastal Review Online (2025)
Interview with Ryan about 2024 BioScience article on pocosins and Indigenous knowledge
Navajo-Hopi Observer (2024)
Discussion of Ryan’s book and other work as relevant to Native Nations in Arizona
Climate News (2024)
Lumbee author Ryan Emanuel shares stories of Indigenous survival in fight for environmental justice
Grist (2024)
In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
NC Newsline (2023)
Bombs in a swamp: Robeson County residents battling proposal for private military training site
Carolina Public Press (2022)
‘Ghost forests’ are creeping across NC’s coast at an alarming rate. Researchers are trying to stop them. 🏆
Border Belt Independent (2022)
Poultry waste plant that has polluted in the past gets new approval in Robeson County
Yale Environment 360 (2022)
Chicken Frenzy: A State Awash in Hog Farms Faces a Poultry Boom