Michael D. Giardina is an Associate Professor of media, politics, and cultural studies in the Department of Sport Management, and Associate Director of the FSU Center for Sport, Health, and Equitable Development, at Florida State University He is the author of the award-winning books Sporting Pedagogies: Performing Culture & Identity in the Global Arena (Peter Lang, 2005) and Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation: Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism (2011, Palgrave), as well as editor of twelve books on qualitative inquiry (with Norman Denzin), editor of Youth Culture & Sport: Identity, Power, & Politics (2007, Routledge, 2007, with Michele K. Donnelly); and editor of Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions in Theory, Method, and Policy (Peter Lang, 2007). He is the Editor of the Sociology of Sport Journal, and the Special Issue Editor of Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies.He is a life-long fan of the LA Kings dating back to the days of the purple & gold; enjoys the Beatles and other 60s music; and has traveled extensively. He lives in Tallahassee with his wife, son, and amazing dog, Mr. Spade.