John Nauright

John Nauright, PhD is Dean of the Stephen Poorman College of Business, Information Systems, and Human Services at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania, USA. 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 is Visiting Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University; the University of Ghana; and the University of the West Indies, Barbados. He is on the advisory board of Sacred Sports Foundation; and the National Sport Heritage Collection. He is an Academic Expert for Center for Responsible Tourism; the World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage; and Sport Business Finland.

He is a keen follower of global sport (especially of Aston Villa Football Club; the Montreal Canadiens; Borussia Dortmund; West Coast Eagles; Olympique Lyonnais; FC Barcelona and the New Zealand All Blacks). He writes on many issues related to global sport as well as on tourism, cultural heritage, and political economy. He brings a unique perspective to writing on international sport and tourism and heritage. He is married to Jenni, author of cleopatrasparachute.blogspot.com and has two daughters, Ashley and Lauren.

He has authored or edited 27 books, most of which are available on Amazon.com, as well as authoring many refereed journal articles and chapters in books.