Derek Silva Ph.D.
Ph.D., Associate Professor, King’s University College
2022
Derek Silva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at King’s University College and Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, both in Ontario, Canada. His research interests are in sociocultural studies of sport, terrorism and radicalization studies, punishment, and racism. His research has appeared in Sociology of Sport Journal, Policing & Society, Punishment and Society, Race & Class, Annals of Leisure Research, Sociological Forum, and Educational Philosophy and Theory, among others. He sits on the editorial board of the Sociology of Sport Journal and is co-editor of the books Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport and Changing of the Guards: Private Influences, Privatization, and Criminal Justice in Canada and series editor of Emerald’s Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance book series. He has written for TIME Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Jacobin Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Sportico and co-hosts a podcast called The End of Sport, which focuses on harm and injustice in sport and sporting culture.
At the Summit
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
