I am a media and cultural studies scholar. I teach and write about sport, mega events, consumer culture, and globalization. Informed by various understandings of Marxist social and cultural theory, I consider sport as both a product and producer of cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and environmental dimensions of contemporary society. Moreover, I am interested in understanding how sport, both as a media industry and media product, is used and implicated in power relations and the maintenance of neoliberal society.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Globalization
Geography
Sport
Promotional Culture
CLASSES TAUGHT
Comm 300: Principles of Communication
Comm 312U: Media Literacy
Comm 326: Communication Society & Culture
Comm 342: Media and Cultural Industries
Comm 345: New Media and Society
Comm 410: Promotional Culture
Comm 410: Branding the Global City
Comm 427: International Communication
Comm 442: Sport, Media & Culture