Institute for Culture and Society

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Jay Scherer is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta. His primary research interests include: cultural studies of sport and leisure; globalization, sport, and public policy; and qualitative research methodologies. Jay’s research has been widely published in a number of scholarly journals including: Sociology; Media, Culture and Society; Sociology of Sport Journal; Policy Sciences; New Media and Society; Sport in Society; Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies; Journal of Sport and Social Issues; and International Review for the Sociology of Sport. He is the author (with Steve Jackson) of Globalization, Sport and Corporate Nationalism: The New Cultural Economy of the New Zealand All Blacks (Peter Lang, 2010), and the editor (with David Rowe) of Sport, Public Broadcasting, and Cultural Citizenship: Signal Lost? (Routledge, 2013).

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