Dr. Ryan J. Stark

Professor of English and Humanities
English Program Chair

503-589-8190

rstark@corban.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Texas Christian University

Professional

Dr. Stark teaches freshman and advanced writing, logic, a worldview seminar, and several philosophy and literature courses. In terms of research, he works primarily in the field of rhetoric and religion, but on the side investigates fantastical literature and select video games. He has written three books, A Guidebook to Monsters (2024), Biblical Sterne (2021), and Rhetoric, Science, and Magic in Seventeenth-Century England (2009), and co-edited with Tina Skouen a collection titled Rhetoric and the Early Royal Society (2015). His essays have appeared in various journals, among them The Journal of the History of Ideas, Literature and Theology, and Rhetorica.

Personal

He likes gothic architecture.

Why Corban

“The great students. My great colleagues. The vibrant setting.”

NWCCU ACCREDITATION

Corban University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and completed a Year-Seven Comprehensive (Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE)) in 2022 for continued accreditation. The comprehensive self-study was followed by an onsite evaluation in October 2022. In February 2023, Corban received reaffirmation of its accreditation for 7 years. Corban University’s last Mid-Cycle Evaluation was fall 2018, and its Policies, Regulations and Financial Review (PRFR) was completed in fall 2021. As of our most recent evaluation, Corban University is compliant with the Standards, Policies, and Eligibility Requirements of the NWCCU.