Ryan Metz

Ryan Metz

Ryan Metz

PhD Candidate
She/Her/Hers

metz.315@osu.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • U.S. Foreign Relations History/History of U.S. in the World
  • U.S.-Cuba relations
  • Modern Latin American History
  • Modern U.S. History
  • New International Histories of the Cold War

Education

  • M.A. in History, The Ohio State University, 2024
  • B.A. in History, Summa Cum Laude, Boston University, 2022

Ryan is a PhD Candidate in the History Department. She studies American foreign relations in the 20th century, specializing in U.S.-Cuba interactions during the late post-Cold War period.  She is currently investigating the relationship between travel, private citizens diplomacy, and U.S.-Cuba rapprochement efforts during the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. 

 

Co-Advisors: Dr. R. Joseph Parrott and Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols 

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