Ryan Quinn is an Associate Professor of Management in the University of Louisville's College of Business. He teaches leadership, organizational behavior, and negotiations, and has also taught change management. His research focuses on topics such as leadership, psychological states, courage, learning from success, and high-impact conversations. He has taught executives, PhDs, MBAs, and undergraduate students, and has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, private firms, and start-up businesses. He is also involved in the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education's Turnaround Specialist Program, helping to train principals who are attempting to transform public schools in which students are not achieving academic standards.

Ryan has a B.S. in statistics from Brigham Young University, a Ph.D. in Management and Organizations from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, a graduate certificate in the study of complex systems from the University of Michigan, and has studied international business and corporate strategy in Hitotsubashi University in Japan. Ryan has also been heavily involved in the Positive Organizational Scholarship movement, focusing many of his research questions on understanding what makes organizations and the people within them flourish, excel, and exceed expectations.

Ryan has published articles in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Human Resource Management, Academy of Management Annals, and Journal of Management. He co-authored two editions of the book, Lift: The Fundamental State of Leadership with his father, Robert E. Quinn.

Ryan lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife, Amy, and four children, Mason, Katie, Andrew, and Chloe. He enjoys spending time with his family and playing basketball whenever he can find the time.