Ben Carrington

Ben Carrington is an academic and writer. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Journalism in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Professor Carrington is widely regarded as one the world’s leading authorities on the sociology of race, politics and popular culture. Professor Carrington studies a broad range of topics generally concerned with mapping the circulation and reproduction of power within contemporary post/colonial societies. More specifically, he is interested in how ideologies of race, gender, class and nationalism shape — and are themselves shaped by — cultural forms and practices, and how popular culture (and especially sport) is often a key site of both cultural resistance and domination. His work examines the mass media and sport as way to understand key sociological dimensions of everyday life as well as focusing on how racialized, gendered and classed social structures constrain and enable social life. 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 authored op-eds for publications such as The Guardian and The Huffington Post, he regularly appears in the news media as a commentator on race, culture and politics, and has written and presented a documentary on the life and legacy of Stuart Hall for public radio in the US.

The necessity of the Sociological Imagination for humanity's survival

Class, Gender, Nationalism, Politics, Popular Culture, Racism, Sociology, Sports