Ben Carrington is a writer and academic and is widely regarded as one the world’s leading authorities on the sociology of race, politics and popular culture. He is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology and Journalism in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining USC, Professor Carrington taught in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, and before that he worked at the University of Brighton in England. He has published numerous articles and essays on these topics, as well as four books, including the critically-acclaimed Race, Sport and Politics: The Sporting Black Diaspora (Sage, 2010). In addition to his scholarly publications, Professor Carrington is a public sociologist who has written op-eds for publications such as The Guardianand The Huffington Post and has also written and presented a radio documentary on the Caribbean-born public intellectual Stuart Hall.