James Connor worked as an adviser in the Academic Skills and Learning Centre at the Australian National University, advising students on writing, research and publication, before moving to UNSW@ADFA to take up a lecturer position. He has successfully converted his PhD thesis into a book that was published by Springer in late 2007, entitled The Sociology of Loyalty. When not helping others publish, his research focuses on performance enhancing drugs in sport and the activities of sporting fans. (Source: Arts of Publication, 2007)