He has taught at Idaho State University, California State University, Sacramento, and Washington State University. He is former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS), and is the author of Players All: Performances in Contemporary Sport (Indiana University Press, 1998), and co-editor, with Synthia Sydnor, of To the Extreme: Alternative Sport, Inside and Out (SUNY Press, 2003), in addition to many peer-reviewed articles and chapters. Bob is currently working on an inline skating, a co-edited book looking at ethnography in New Zealand/Aotearoa, and another book project examining sport, business, education, and how they intersect with conflict resolution and peace.