Dr. Andrew C. Billings (Ph.D., Indiana University, 1999) studies sports communication and mass media, particularly focusing on the portrayal of identity within televised sport. He has received several teaching awards for his work in the classroom.  His scholarship has been published in areas as diverse as Journal of Communication, Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, and Mass Communication and Society and he has won over a dozen top paper awards from conferences for the National Communication Association, Broadcast Education Association, and Southern States Communication Association. In all, he has published over 40 refereed journal articles and book chapters and delivered over 60 research presentations in national and international forums. He recently completed his first book, Olympic Media: Inside the Biggest Show on Television (Routledge, 2008).

He resides in Central, SC with his wife, Angela, and his two sons, Nathan and Noah.

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