Brian Carroll

A reporter, editor and photographer before joining the academy, Brian Carroll is author of six books, including:

• When to Stop the Cheering? The Black Press, the Black Community and the Integration of Professional Baseball (Routledge, 2007)
• A Devil's Bargain: The Black Press and Black Baseball 1915-1955 (Routledge, 2014)
• Writing & Editing for Digital Media (Routledge, 2023)
• Shakespeare’s Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays (McFarland, 2023)

Education

• PhD, Journalism & Mass Communication, UNC Chapel Hill
• MA, Political Science, UNC Greensboro

• BA, Journalism, UNC Chapel Hill

Teaching Interests

• media law
• visual rhetoric
• sports communication
• journalism

Research Interests

• the black press
• First Amendment
• race and public memory
• media law and policy
• media depictions of crime

Professional Associations

• American Journalism Historians Association
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Society for American Baseball Research
• Society of Professional Journalists