Dr. Joshua Dickhaus earned a B.A. in Mass Communication from Miami University in 2004 and a Master’s in Speech Communication in 2006, also from Miami University. From 2006-2008, Dr. Dickhaus was a lecturer in the department of communication at Penn State University, leaving to enter the mass communication Ph.D. program at the University of Alabama. In August 2011, Dr. Dickhaus graduated with his Ph.D. Dr. Dickhaus teaches in the Sports Communication major and the Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication. Today's conversation touches some very important topics in the sports world whether we are participating as consumers or sports or participants in sports. Josh has studied the role of identity in the context of sports consumer and has done several studies looking at how race factors into all of that. Do we tend to gravitate toward athletes and/or their respective teams if we feel we identify more with them? And, are we affected more by their words and behaviors on and off the court/field when that racial identification is stronger?  We also dive into a very timely topic of what he calls trophy culture. We have so much fun in today's conversation because we are finally back to times when live sporting events are taking place.  Definitely tune into this one! 
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