Ross Griffin

Dr. Ross Griffin is an assistant professor of American literature at Qatar University. Dr. Griffin has been teaching American literature and postcolonial literature at Qatar University since August 2015. He received his PhD in American literature from University College Cork in June 2015. He has had peer-reviewed articles and book chapters published in The Journal of Postcolonial Writing and The Journal of Transatlantic Studies, among others, and in the edited collections by the University of California Press, Routledge, and Hurst Publishers. His current research interests focus on the connection between sport and culture. He has published several articles and book chapters on the history of sport in Qatar and the part it plays in the formation of a national identity for the Gulf nation. For more detailed information about Dr. Griffin’s research and interests, visit his website.