John Gleaves is a co-director for CSUF’s Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research and Associate Editor for the Journal of Olympic Studies. He has authored and edited numerous books, the most recent being Doping in Cycling: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, with Bertrand Fincouer and Fabian Ohl, and Practical Philosophy and History of Sport and Physical Activity, with Scott Kretchmar, Mark Dyreson, and Matthew Llewellyn.

Gleaves’ primary research interest remains doping in sport, which he examines from a variety of sociocultural perspectives. Through his research expertise, Gleaves was appointed the co-director for the International Network for Doping Research in 2012. Beginning in 2015, Gleaves served as an Expert Witness and Summary Witness in the United States Federal Government’s fraud case against cyclist Lance Armstrong.