Alan M. Klein
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Alan M. Klein (born 1946) is an American anthropologist known for his research on the cultural, economic, and political dimensions of sport.[1][2] He is professor emeritus of Sociology-Anthropology at Northeastern University. He was a finalist for the Seymour Medal from Society for American Baseball Research in 1997. His research examines baseball in the Caribbean[3] and along the United States–Mexico border, the globalization of Major League Baseball,[4] bodybuilding and constructions of masculinity,[5] and basketball within a Native American community.[6]
Klein received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970, his M.A. in cultural anthropology from the same institution in 1973, and his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977.[7]
Academic career
Klein joined the faculty of Northeastern University in 1979, rising to the rank of professor of Sociology and Anthropology before retiring in 2020.[8][7] He carried out ethnographic fieldwork in Dominican Republic,[4] South Africa, Japan, Italy, Germany, England, and in the US.[9] He was active in the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and served a term as its president, from 1998 to 1999.[10]
