Ryner studies and teaches classes on Shakespeare and early English drama, history of economic thought, drama as a genre, knowledge production, and questions of ontology and agency in early English texts and society.

Irish studies the literature and culture of 16th-century England, with a particular focus on early modern neurodiversity studies and the history of emotion.

Galarrita’s research focuses on early modern English drama and travel writing, premodern critical race studies, racial trauma, science fiction, and language.