Ryan Swankie

Ryan Swankie serves as an Assistant Professor of Instruction in French Studies at The University of Texas at Austin's College of Liberal Arts. He holds a PhD from UT Austin and fulfills multiple academic roles including language instruction, online course design, avant-garde theater direction, and study abroad coordination.

His educational background:

• PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Research focuses on:

• Face-to-Face & Online Language Pedagogy
• 20th Century Theater and 19th Century Prose-Poems
• Sade Theory and Literary Aesthetics
• Online Course Development Methodologies

Professor Swankie teaches comprehensive French language sequences from introductory to intermediate levels across hybrid and fully asynchronous formats, consistently offering courses like FR 406, FR 407, and FR 611C from 2020 through 2025. His dual expertise bridges academic instruction with creative arts as a practicing poet, novelist, singer, and guitarist.