Dr. John VincentProfessor, Sport ManagementUniversity of Alabamahttp://education.ua.edu/people/john-vincent/

Dr. Vincent has published several papers that have examined how newspaper narratives and images about major international sporting events, such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, become arenas where ideologies linking country and culture are (re)produced and contested in national identity politics. He examines how national stereotypes are framed in the media through the lens of the national teams that are playing. He's published articles on these topics on the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and the last European Championships in 2012. Additionally, he's co-authored Olympics-related studies with University of Alabama sports communication professor Andy Billings.