who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Lynette Sheridan Burns
University of Western Sydney,
School of Communication, Design
and Media, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith
Campus, Sydney, New South Wales,
1797, Australia
Keywords critical reflection,
professional education, journalism,
efficacy
Alexandra Sherlock
Department of Sociological Studies at
the University of Sheffield
Keywords
Stephanie Shestakow
Keywords art history, museum
education, Atlantic World
› An Imagined Sarha, Journal of Arts & Communities, 2.2, 133-144.
Lynette Sheridan Burns has been a journalist for more than 25 years
and has also taught journalism in Australian universities since 1989.
She founded the journalism programme at the University of Newcastle,
New South Wales in 1992 before moving to her current position as
Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Western Sydney
in 2002. She has won numerous awards for journalism, mostly recently
in 2002, and in 1999 won the Australian Award for Excellence in
Educational Publishing (Teaching and Learning Package) and a
University Award for Excellence in Teaching. She published
Understanding Journalism, with Sage Publications in 2002 and today
combines teaching with freelance journalism, curriculumdesign
consultancy and on-going research into teaching and learning. Her
Ph.D. explores the role of tertiary education in preparing practitioners
in journalism.
› A reflective approach to teaching journalism, Art, Design & Communication
in Higher Education, 3.1, 5-16.
Alexandra Sherlock is the postgraduate researcher for 'If the Shoe Fits:
Footwear, Identity and Transition', an ESRC funded research project
currently being conducted in the Department of Sociological Studies at
the University of Sheffield:www.sheffield.ac.uk/iftheshoefits.
› BOOK REVIEWS, Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 2.1-2, 237-247.
Stephanie Shestakow earned a BA in Art History at Barnard College,
followed by Masters degrees from University College London and
Teachers College, Columbia University. Her original specialization
was eighteenth-century art, particularly that of the French Revolution,
but now she focuses on museum education as well as the visual culture
of the Atlantic World. She has taught museum-learning workshops and
has published reviews in several academic journals. She currently
serves as Program Coordinator for Student Affairs at The College of
New Jersey, where she is also an adjunct professor.