Dr. Ryan is a SJD from Duke Law. Her dissertation proposes a feminist human-rights-based approach to abortion law and politics. Christine explores how feminist methods and insights can transform human rights law and practice on abortion and she explores this using an in-depth case study of abortion law and politics in Ireland. Dr. Ryan is a Fulbright scholar at Duke and a Graduate Fellow at the Kenan Center for Ethics.  

Prior to Duke, Christine worked as a human rights officer with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade. She continues to work as a human rights consultant to Irish Aid and provides technical expertise on how the state can apply a human-rights-based approach in international development policy and practice.  

Dr. Ryan completed an LLM with distinction at University College London and an LLB first-class honors at University of College Cork, Ireland.