Swanson is New Finley Scholary
The department welcomes Ryan Swanson as our Finley postdoctoral fellow for 2008-09. Professor Swanson completed his Ph.D. at Georgetown University in June 2008. His dissertation, “Jim Crow on Deck: Baseball During America’s Reconstruction,” explores how racial segregation was implemented following the Civil War. He is teaching U.S. sports history this fall.