Emeritus Professor,
Philosophy and Law 
University of Oregon 
cryan@uoregon.edu

Co-Chair and Co-Founder,
Oxford Consortium on Human Rights 

• 2017  Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University

• 2015 Co-Chair, Oxford Consortium on Human Rights.  

• 2015 Director of Human Rights Programs, Institute on Ethic, Law, and Armed Conflict, Oxford University

• 2010-16 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University  

• 2010 Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Politics, Oxford University   

• 2010 Senior Fellow and Global Ethics Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs         

• 2008 Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford University 

• 2008 Senior Visiting Fellow, Leverhulme Program on the Changing Character of War, Oxford University 

• 2004-2012 Professor of Law, Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution, University of Oregon Law School  

• 2004 Co-Founder, Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution, University of Oregon  Law School

• 2000-2004 Robert Clark Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Critical Thinking  

• 1990 Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Oregon 

• 1992 Visiting Professor, Spark Matsunaga Institute, University of Hawaii       

• 1986 Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Peace Studies Committee, University of Oregon                                                          

• 1983-1988 Head, Philosophy Department, University of Oregon. 

• 1981-1989 Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Oregon

• 1980-1982 Law and Humanities Fellow, Harvard Law School

• 1980  Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Department, Northwestern University

• 1974-1980 Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, University of Oregon

• 1973-1974 Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Boston University
  

• I am a co-founder (1977) of the University’s Council on Minority Education, now the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs. I was on its governing board for its first four years.  

• I am a co-founder of the University of Oregon Peace Studies Program (1987). I have been a co-chair of the program ever since. 

• I was co-chair of President’s Committee on Rights of Gay and Lesbian Students (1990-1992), investigated the situation of gay and lesbian students on campus and formulated proposals to address their concerns. This led to the creation of the University’s Office on Gay and Lesbian Affairs. 

• I co-chaired the President’s committee to create Center on Diversity and Community (CODAC). The Center was established in 2000 to help coordinate diversity efforts across the campus and sponsor research related to diversity.  

• In 2005, I was responsible for soliciting a bequest from former University of Oregon professor Henry Alexander to develop work in peace and conflict resolution at both the University of Oregon and Portland State University. The initial gift was $300,000. It was given the Northwest Institute of Conflict Resolution to initiate several programs, which I help oversee. Our ultimate aim is to create a center on peace and conflict resolution that will serve the Northwest.