Professor Kevin Hylton

Professor Kevin D. F. Hylton PhD

Professor of Equality and Diversity in Sport, Leisure and Education

Carnegie School, Leeds Beckett University

Adjunct Professor, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

I am Professor of Equality and Diversity in Sport, Leisure and Education. I am the first Black Professor to hold this title. I also have the honour of being Head of the Research Centre for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Leeds Beckett University, UK. Broadly, my research focuses on ‘race’ in organisations and especially in sport, leisure and education. Over my career I have published extensively in peer reviewed journals and high profile book projects. One of my key publication is entitled ‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory (Routledge, 2009) and I am currently writing Contesting ‘Race’ and Sport: Shaming the Colour Line for Routledge. I am part of some really interesting and beneficial networks, I am a Board Member for the International Review for the Sociology of Sport (IRSS) and the new Journal of Global Sport Management. I am also proud to be Patron of the Equality Challenge Unit Race Equality Charter, and Chair of the Leeds Beckett University Race Equality and Diversity Forum.

October 2016