Ryan A. Swanson

I write (and teach and speak) about sports in America.

​My newest book, A Beautiful Shame: One Teams Fight for Survival in a New Era of College Sports is out with Bloomsbury in July 2025.

​I am a Professor in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. I'm also the Director of the Lobo Scholars Program, an innovative initiative that serves NCAA Division I Student Athletes. I previously taught at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

I teach classes like "The Legacy of Failure in America" and "US History through Sports." My grandma once asked me if these are "real" classes. Yes, yes they are.

My family and I live in beautiful Corrales, New Mexico. No, we never met Walter White.