Andrew C. Billings is a professor and the Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at The University of Alabama. He is the current director of the sports communication program. His research primarily focuses on the study of Sport Communication. Billings received his PhD in Communication & Culture from Indiana University in 1999. He was the founding chair of both the Communication and Sport Division of the National Communication Association and the Sport Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association. He has also chaired the Research Symposium for Broadcast Education Association and the Visiting Chair of Olympism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.