Paul Gilroy

Gilroy earned his Ph.D. at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Birmingham University, England in 1986. He is Chair of the African American Studies department and Professor of African American Studies and Sociology. Previously he was Lecturer of Sociology, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London and has taught at Birmingham University, South Bank Polytechnic, London, and Essex University. He has lectured and written extensively on black British culture and diasporic subjects.