Ryan Clark

103 Bella Court, Winchester, Ky. 40391
ryan.clark@uky.edu
859.486.1145

EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2020 — present
Director of Communications,
College of Health Sciences,
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.

Jan. 2016 — Jan. 2020
Sr. Digital Content Strategist, Instructor
Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio

Sept. 2007 — Jan. 2016
New Media Editor, Instructor
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Ky.

Nov. 2004 — Sept. 2007
reporter
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio

Aug. 2002 — Nov, 2004
reporter
The Clarion-Ledger,
Jackson, Miss.

CLASSES TAUGHT

At Xavier:
Writing for the Media — 4 years

At NKU:
University 101 — 4 years
News Reporting and Writing — 2 years
News Reporting and Writing II — 2 years
Introduction to College Writing/English — 1 year
Multimedia Skills — 2 years

PUBLICATIONS

2025: Short story “The Devil’s BFF” to be published in The Heartland Review Press (spring 2026)

2015: The Kentucky Wildcats Bucket List (Triumph Books)

2014: Fightin’ Words: The History of the Kentucky and Louisville Basketball Rivalry (March 2014 – Skyhorse Publishing)

2013: Tales From The Kentucky Wildcats Lockerroom (Skyhorse Publishing)

2012: 100 Things Wildcats Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (Triumph Books)

2012: Game of My Life: Kentucky, 2nd edition, (Sports Publishing LLC)

2012: Started reading/giving notes on manuscripts for University Press of Kentucky.

2012: Short story “Night at the Oasis (Concert)” published in Licking River Review

2011: Short story “The Last Toy Run” published in The Journal of Kentucky Studies

2011: Master’s thesis finished and published, Wrestling Reality (ECW Press)

2009: Short story “Samaritan” published in Almost Famous Authors’ Faire

2009: Short story “Money Well Spent” published in Licking River Review

2009: Dusty Roads & Faded Signs – poetry (Bear Head Publishing)

2007: Game of My Life: Kentucky (Sports Publishing LLC)

2006: Short story “Like Kudzu” appeared in national anthology “Stories From the Blue Moon Café IV.”

2005: Intern for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg, contributing to the New York Times Bestsellers “The Most They Ever Had” and “The Prince of Frogtown.”

SPEAKING

Was a featured speaker at the 2013 World Human Rights Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Presented, via video, on the topic of gay athletes in America, while discussing my book, Wrestling Reality.

Was featured in the 2013 film, “The Rivalry: Red vs. Blue,” in which I discuss the culture of the in-state basketball rivalry between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.

- featured speaker, CASE Conference, Chicago 2019

- featured speaker, Louisville Law Library, 2014

- featured speaker, NKU University 101 class, 2012-15

- featured speaker, Boone County Public Library, 2015

- featured speaker, Joseph Beth Books, 2014

- featured speaker, NKU Sports Business/Marketing class, 2014

- featured speaker, NKU Sports Rivalry class, 2014, 2015 and 2016

- featured speaker at the 25th annual UK Convention in Franklin, Ohio, 2014

- Lincoln Book Festival, Stanford, Ky., presenter, 2014

- Books by the Banks, 2014, Sportswriting panel

- Southern Kentucky Book Festival, 2015, Sportswriting panel

- Southern Kentucky Book Festival, 2014, Sportswriting panel

- Southern Kentucky Book Festival, 2013, Sportswriting panel

- Stories From the Blue Moon Cafe, writing panel speaker, Jackson, Miss., 2005