John Nauright, PhD is Co-Director of The Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure in Society; Director of the Academy of International Sport; and Professor in the Colleges of Education and Human Development and Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University in Virginia, USA. He is also Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill in Barbados. He has taught at universities in Australia, Barbados, Canada, Denmark, Finland, India, New Zealand, Scotland, and the USA and has also lived and researched for a total of three years in South Africa. He has a PhD in African history from Queen's University in Canada and BA and MA degrees from the University of South Carolina, USA. He also attended the University of Warwick in England. He was born in Louisiana and grew up in Georgia and South Carolina graduating from North Augusta High School in North Augusta, SC.He is a keen follower of global sport (most especially of Aston Villa Football Club; the Montreal Canadiens; Schalke '04; Club Brugge, FC Barcelona, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, and LSU, and writes on many issues related to sport around the world as well as on history and political economy. He has lived within five miles of the Augusta National Golf Club and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews and is therefore predisposed to the sport of golf, but he also follows Australian Rules Football, rugby, soccer, cricket and of course the major American sports. He brings a unique perspective to writing on international sport and international societies more generally having lived in eight different countries during his adult life. He is married to Jenni, author of cleopatrasparachute.blogspot.com and has two daughters, Ashley and Lauren as well as being "Dad" to Shiloh the Wonder Dog.He has authored or edited 14 books, most of which are available on Amazon.com as well as many refereed journal articles and chapters in books. A full listing of his publications, blogposts and other material can be found on his professional website at www.academia.edu/JohnNauright.