About

Ryan Dye, PhD is Senior Vice President and Executive Director of AIFS Abroad, a division of the American Institute for Foreign Study, which is solely owned by the Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation (CTCF). All AIFS profits are distributed by the CTCF to promote world peace and to support underserved students, international education and cultural exchange. Previously, Dye was the Director of Education Abroad at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he oversaw the education abroad office, travel risk management, and crisis response.  Dye began his career at St. Ambrose University, where for 19 years he was a faculty member, department chair, and senior international officer. Dye earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1995 and a Ph.D. in British and Irish History from Northwestern University. His academic interests include Anglo-Irish identity and the Irish diaspora.