Ryan J. Suto is the Senior Policy Advisor at FairVote, where he focuses on advancing electoral reform on Capitol Hill. Before joining FairVote, he previously worked as Policy Counsel for the Arab American Institute, and has worked with organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme in Bahrain and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy.
Ryan was a first-generation college student at Penn State University where he earned bachelor degrees in political science and philosophy. He then graduated from Syracuse University’s Law and Public Diplomacy program, where he received a J.D. and masters degrees in international relations and public relations. He has since taught as a Distinguished Lecturer in Voting Rights Law and Policy at Syracuse.
Ryan’s publications include:
- Public Health As Foreign Policy: Trauma In The Arab World, LobeLog
- A Social Networks Approach to Public Relations on Twitter: Social Mediators and Mediated Public Relations, Journal of Public Relations Research
- A Renewed Case for a Syria Tribunal, Atlantic Council
- Standards of Expression in Transitional Societies: Incitement in Kosovo, SSRN Electronic Journal
- Small Nation, Big Questions: Bahrain After the Arab Spring, SSRN Electronic Journal
