PROFESSIONAL
VITAE
RICHARD
ALBIN SWANSON, PH.D.
Home: Office:
11 Dunlin
Square The University of
North Carolina at
Greensboro,
NC 27455 Greensboro
Department of Exercise and Sport Science
252 HHP Building, P.O. Box 26169
Greensboro, NC 27402-6169
Telephone: Home - (336)288-0430 Office - (336)334-5999
FAX: (336)334-3238
E-Mail: raswanso@uncg.edu
Birth Date: July 18, 1939
Marital
Status: Wife - Lita M. Swanson;
two adult children, four grandchildren
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science (Major: Health and Physical Education),
June, 1961 - Wayne State University
Master of Education (Health and Physical Education), June,
1964 - Wayne State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Major: Physical Education, Secondary
Areas of Specialization: History, Sociology), June, 1967 - The Ohio State
University. Dissertation: "American Protestantism and Play: 1865-1915."
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
1992 - Present: Professor, Department of Exercise and
Sport Science, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. (1995-1997 - served as Interim Head,
Department of Exercise and Sport Science)
1980 - 1992: Dean, School of Health and Human Performance, The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Two of the four departments in the School, Exercise & Sport Science
and Public Health Education were ranked in the top ten graduate programs in the
U.S. in their respective fields during this period.
1977 - 1980: Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Education,
San Francisco State University.
1972 - 1977: Associate Professor, Division of Health and Physical
Education, Wayne State University.
1967 - 1972: Assistant Professor, Division of Health and Physical
Education, Wayne State University. Also
served as Head Coach of Track and Field (1967-1970) and Cross Country
(1967-1973).
Administrative duties at Wayne State University included the
following:
Coordinator of Professional Preparation, 1970-1973.
Chairperson, Department of Physical Education, 1973-1974.
Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, Division of Health and Physical
Education, 1974-1977.
1966 - 1967: Instructor, Division of Health and Physical Education,
Wayne State University.
1965 - 1966: Instructor, Department of Physical Education for Men,
The Ohio State University.
1964 - 1965: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physical
Education, The Ohio State University.
1963 - 1964: Head Track and Field and Cross Country Coach, Divine
Child High School, Dearborn, Michigan.
1961 -1964: Health and Physical Education Teacher, Angell Elementary
School, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, Michigan.
RESEARCH AND
PUBLICATIONS:
Swanson, R.A. Book Review
Essay, Higbe, Kirby
with Martin Quigley,
(1998) The high
hard one. Lincoln:
University of Nebraska
Press, and Thomas,
Henry W. (1998)
Walter Johnson: Baseball’s
big train. Lincoln:
University of Nebraska
Press, in Journal
of Sport History. Accepted for publication.
Swanson, R.A. “Shoeless Joe
Jackson”, in Haskell,
Jean and Abramson,
Rudy. (In press)
Encyclopedia of Appalachia.
Johnson City, TN:
Center for Appalachian
Studies and Services.
Submitted by invitation.
Swanson, R.A. “Charles ‘Choo
Choo’ Justice,” in
Haskell, Jean and
Abramson, Rudy. (In
press) Encyclopedia of
Appalachia. Johnson City,
TN: Center for
Appalachian Studies and
Services. Submitted by
invitation.
Swanson, R.A. “Knowing when
your job is
done and what
to do about it,” Chapter
in Bryant, James
and Passmore, Barbara.
(In press) A
practical guide for
leading and managing
an administrative unit
in health, kinesiology
and leisure studies. Reston, VA: AAHPERD
and Sangmore Press,
(In press).
Swanson, R.A. “The press
and the racial integration of baseball:
comparative coverage in
northern and southern
minor league cities,
1945-1947.” - in
final preparation for
submission.
Swanson, R.A.(1997). “From anthropometrics to exercise science:
Confronting the pygmalion
complex in American
physical education OR
Eliza Doolittle meets
Franklin Henry.” Quest, 49, 431-441.
Massengale, J.D.
and Swanson, R.A.,
Editors (1997). History
of exercise and
sport science. Champaign,
Illinois: Human Kinetics.
Swanson, R.A. and Massengale,
J.D. (1997). "Exercise and sport science
in the 20th century," in
Massengale, J.D. and
Swanson, R.A., Editors.
History of exercise
and sport science. Champaign, Illinois: Human
Kinetics.
Swanson, R.A.
and Massengale, J.D.
(1997). "Current and
future directions in
exercise and sport
science," in Massengale,
J.D. and Swanson,
R.A., Editors. History
of exercise and
sport science. Champaign,
Illinois: Human Kinetics.
Swanson, R.A. and Spears,
B. (1995). History
of sport and
physical education in
the united states.
Fourth edition. Dubuque,
Iowa: Brown &
Benchmark, Publishers.
Swanson, R.A. (1993). "When
to say when: administrators returning
to the professoriate." The chronicle
of physical education
in higher education.
Bryant, J.E., Pierce, W.,
Zakrajsek, D., Passmore,
B., Swanson, R.A.,
Conn, J., Mawson,
M. (1992). "Academic preparation and the
academic consumer: a
change is needed." The chronicle of
physical education in
higher education, 4,5.
Swanson, R.A. (1988) Book
review of Sammons,
J.T. Beyond the
ring: The role
of boxing in
american society. Urbana:
University of Illinois
Press, 1988, in Research quarterly
for exercise and
sport, Vol. 59,
No. 4, 369-370.
Spears, B. and Swanson,
R.A. (1988). History
of sport and
physical education in
the united states.
Third edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C.
Brown Company, Publishers.
Swanson, R.A. (1985). "Elementary school physical education:
1920-1950," in Barrett,
K., ed., The
history of elementary
school physical education:
1885-1985. Reston, VA:
The American Alliance
for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and
Dance.
Spears, B. and Swanson,
R.A. (1983). History
of sport and
physical activity in
the united states.
Second edition. Dubuque,
Iowa: Wm. C.
Brown Company, Publishers.
Spears, B. and Swanson,
R.A. (1978). History
of sport and
physical activity in
the united states.
Dubuque, Iowa: Wm.
C. Brown Company,
Publishers.
Seefeldt, Vernon, et. al.
(1977). An investigation into the effects
of sports competition
on Michigan youth,
ages six to
sixteen. A project
funded by the
Senate-House Legislative Committee
on Youth Sports
Activities and jointly
undertaken by faculty
members of Lake
Superior State College,
Michigan State University,
University of Michigan
and Wayne State
University. Member of
University Study Committee
and Policy Committee.
Swanson, R.A. (1974). "From
glide to stride:
significant events in a century
of women's sport," in Hoepner, B.J.,
ed., Women's athletics:
coping with controversy. Washington, D.C.: American
Association for Health,
Physical Education, and
Recreation.
Swanson, R.A. (1972). "Reaction to the paper,
'Thomas beecher: sportsman
preacher,'" Bennett, B.L.
Proceedings, the second
canadian symposium on
the history of
sport and physical
education. Ottawa, Canada:
Sport Canada Directorate, Department of Health
and Welfare.
Swanson, R.A. (1968). "The
acceptance and influence
of play in
american
protestantism," Quest, Monograph
XI (December, 1968),
58-70.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Swanson, R.A. “The press
and the racial
integration of baseball:
comparative coverage in
northern and southern
minor league cities,
1945-1947.” 26th Annual
Convention of the
North American Society
for Sport History
(NASSH), May 24,
1998, Windsor, Ontario,
Canada.
Swanson, R.A. “From anthropometrics to exercise science:
confronting the pygmalion
complex in american
physical education OR
eliza doolittle meets
franklin henry.” Dudley
Allen Sargent Lecture,
Annual Convention of
the National Association
for Physical Education
in Higher Education,
January 11, 1997,
Savannah, GA.
Swanson, R.A. (January 28,
1994). "Baseball, racial
integration and the
press in Greensboro,
North Carolina: a
case study." Annual
Convention of the
Southern district, American
Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance, Nashville,
Tennessee.
Bryant, J.,
Pierce, W., Zakrajsez,
D., Passmore, B.,
Swanson, R.A., Conn,
J., Mawson, M.
(March 26, 1993).
"21st century summit:
doctoral preparation--a need for change." Annual
Convention of the
American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance,
Washington, D.C.
Swanson, R.A. and Passmore,
B. (April 11,
1992). "The mission
of the doctoral programs in
the academic preparation
of doctoral students:
the perspective of
the graduate programs
and their students." Annual Convention of
the American Alliance
for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and
Dance, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Swanson, R.A. (July 12,
1991). Invited paper.
"Attaining centrality in
the modern comprehensive university."
Annual Conference of
the College and
University Administrators Council
of AAHPERD, Lake
Tahoe, NV.
Swanson, R.A. (January 2,
1991). Invited paper.
"Role of the
department head in
faculty evaluation: the
dean's perspective." Administrator's Conference at the
Annual Convention of
the National Association
for Physical Education
in Higher Education,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Swanson, R.A. (January 3,
1990). Invited paper.
"Appointive versus elective
department chairs." Administrator's Conference at the
Annual Convention of
the National Association
for Physical Education
in Higher Education,
San Diego, CA.
Swanson, R.A. (July 7,
1989). "Inclusiveness doesn't
require a list:
the case for
a common generic
name for hperd
units." Annual Conference
of the College and University
Administrators Council of
AAHPERD, Asheville, NC.
Swanson, R.A. (July 12,
1986). "Strategic planning
in a doctoral granting university." Annual Conference of
the College and
University Administrators Council
of AAHPERD, Ithaca,
NY.
Swanson, R.A.
(April 4, 1986).
"America's first olympic
team: the princeton
connection." Physical Education
Graduate Colloquium, University
of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Swanson, R.A. (April 18,
1985). "Elementary school
physical education: 1920-1950." Centennial
Convention of the
American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Swanson, R.A.
(September 17, 1982).
"Coping with decreasing
enrollments in university
teacher education programs
in health education
and physical education." Annual North Carolina
College Conference on
Professional Preparation in
Health Education and
Physical Education, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
Swanson, R.A.
(March 15, 1979).
"The educational goals
of the national association for
intercollegiate athletics and
the national collegiate
athletic association." Third
Annual Symposium of
the History Academy
of the National Association for
Sport and Physical
Education, AAHPERD Convention,
New Orleans, LA.
Swanson, R.A. (March 17,
1978). "Current innovations
in physical education
in California state
universities." Annual Convention
of the California
Association for Health,
Physical Education and
Recreation, San Francisco,
CA.
Swanson, R.A.
(March 24, 1977).
"Reaction to the
paper, 'Public school
athletic league,'" Jable,
J.T. Annual Convention
of the American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education,
and Recreation, Seattle,
WA.
Swanson, R.A. (October 13,
1976). "Sport, competition
and violence: an
inevitable alliance?" Conference
on Understanding and
Responding to violence
in the Adolescent, Center for
Teaching About Peace
and War, Wayne
State University, Detroit,
Michigan.
Swanson, R.A. (September 16,
1973). "Women and
sport: a historical
perspective." National Meeting
of the Division of Girl's
and Women's Sports,
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Swanson, R.A. (October 12,
1972). "The socio-historical bases of sport,
physical education and
leisure: its place
in graduate study." Annual Convention of
the Michigan Association
for Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation,
Boyne Mountain, Michigan.
Swanson, R.A.
(May 2, 1972).
"Reaction to the
paper, 'Thomas Beecher:
sportsman preacher,'" Bennett,
B.L. The Second
Canadian Symposium on
the History of
Sport and Physical
Education, Windsor, Ontario,
Canada.
Swanson, R.A.
(March 8, 1968).
"American
protestantism and play:
1865-1915."
Midwest District Convention
of the American Association for
Health, Physical Education,
and Recreation, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
ONGOING RESEARCH:
"Racial integration
of professional baseball
as experienced in
selected southern communities: 1945-1970."
“The southern
press and the
integration of professional baseball:
1945-1970."
“Efforts by
American religious groups
to boycott the
1936 Olympic games
in Berlin, Germany.”
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AND ACTIVITIES:
American Alliance
for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, and
Dance (AAHPERD):
National
Association for Sport
and Physical Education
(NASPE):
Chair-elect,
Chair, Past-chair, History
of Sport and
Physical Education Academy,
1980-1983.
Cabinet member (elected),
1982-1985
Coordinator of 8
sub-disciplinary academies
Chair, Awards Committee
College and University
Administrators Council (CUAC)
Site Collection Committee
Presenter and Panel
Member on various
programs
(see
presentations above)
Southern
District, AAHPERD:
Chair-elect,
chair, past-chair -
History Council, 1986-1989
North Carolina AHPERD
- Member, 1980
- present
California
AHPERD - Member,
1977-1980
Michigan AHPERD -
Member, 1960-1977
Chairperson,
Historical Records Committee
National Association
for Physical Education
in Higher Education
(NAPEHE)
Board of Directors
- 1984-86, 1993-present
Chair, Long Range
Strategic Planning Committee,
1985-87
Senior author of
Long Range Planning
Report which has
now been implemented.
Coordinator,
Archival Records, 1982-present.
Chair, By-Laws Committee,
1990
Archivist - 1990-present
Director of Publications & Chair, Publications Committee - 1993-96.
Several
presentations given and
participated on many
panel discussions -
see above section
on presentations.
North American
Society for Sport
History (NASSH)
Research
abstractor for Journal
of Sport History, 1973- present.
Served as moderator
and reactor for
a program of
three papers on
the history of
Springfield College. 25th Annual Convention, Springfield, MA, May 1997.
Served as moderator
and reactor for
a program of
three papers on
reform efforts of
the 1950s in
intercollegiate sport. 26th Annual Convention, Windsor,
Ontario, Canada, May,
1998.
Served as moderator
and reactor for
a program of
three papers. 27th Annual Convention, State
College, PA, May,
1999.
Manuscript
reviewer for professional journals: Journal of
Physical Education, Recreation,
and Dance (JOPERD);
Quest.
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING
ACTIVITIES:
FACULTY REVIEWS FOR
PROMOTION AND TENURE
AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
Rutgers
University, 1987
University of West
Florida, 1992
FACILITY
CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING:
University of Georgia,
1988
East Carolina University,
1989
San Francisco State
University, 1991
BOOK MANUSCRIPT REVIEW
PRIOR TO PUBLICATION
Chapter
entitled, “Historical Perspective
and Development,” for
a textbook manuscript,
Introduction to Exercise
Science, Stanley P.
Brown, ed. Baltimore,
MD: Williams &
Wilkins, November, 1997.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
ASSIGNMENTS:
University of North
Carolina at Greensboro
Chair,
Commitment to Equity
Sub-Committee for UNCG
NCAA Interim Certification Project, 1999-2000.
UNCG Delegate to
University of North
Carolina Faculty Assembly,
1998-2001 elected term;
Head of delegation
- 1999-2000; Chair,
Faculty Development Committee,
2000-01; member of
Executive Committee, 2000-01.
International
Programs Advisory Committee
- member, 1993-1997.
UNCG Committee on
International Students -
member, 1998-present
Member,
University Budget Committee,
1995-1998
Member,
University Academic Policies
Committee, 1993-1996; Chair
of Committee, 1994-1996.
Steering
Committee for NCAA
Certification of Department
of Intercollegiate Athletics;
Chair, Sub-committee on
Commitment to Equity,
1994-1995.
Chancellor
Search Committee (one
of 3 faculty
representatives), 1994
Chair, State Employees
Combined Campaign (United
Way of Greensboro), UNCG Campaign
1993