Garry Crawford

Garry Crawford is a British sociologist.

His interests in fans, audiences, and consumption have led Garry Crawford to publish on a wide range of subjects including cultural studies, cosplay, gender, leisure, classical music, and, most notably, sports fans and video game culture.

Garry Crawford works at the University of Salford, where he is a Professor of Cultural Sociology and Lead Professor for the Social Sciences. He established and was the first Director of the University of Salford [http://www.digital.salford.ac.uk/ Digital Cluster], which the British governments’ Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) report ''Higher Ambitions'' described as "a forum and centre of excellence, which combines and leads on high quality research, academic enterprise and teaching in areas of informatics, digital media, and new and convergent technologies".

He is a member of the British Sociological Association and the Leisure Studies Association. He was the first review editor for, and helped found and establish, the journal ''Cultural Sociology''. He also co-created and was the first editor of the school-focused website [http://www.discoversociology.co.uk Discover Sociology]. He is a member of the University of Salford's Connected Lives Research group.

Garry Crawford is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science and a Principal Fellow of the HEA. Provided by Wikipedia