Jake Ryan Jake Ryan is a professor of politics at Ithaca College and co-author, with Charles Sackrey, of Strangers in Paradise: Academics from the Working Class (1984). Wasted Minds and Wasted Lives Against the Current, No. 35, November/December 1991 Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print