who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Patricia Soley-Beltran
University of Edinburgh, Sociology
Department, University of Edinburgh
Keywords
Michael R. Solomon
Saint Joseph's University, Department
of Marketing, Haub School of
Business, 5600 City Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19131, United States
of America
Keywords impression management,
avatars, virtual worlds, body image,
self-concept
Ian Solomonides
Macquarie University, Institute of
Higher Education Research and
concentrates on links between teaching and various modes of visuality,
along with the historical and cultural constructs that have shaped them.
› Mom, why isn’t there a picture of our prophet?, International Journal of
Education through Art, 1.1, 21-28.
› The city as a site for interdisciplinary teaching and learning, International
Journal of Education through Art, 7.1, 27-40.
Patrícia Soley-Beltran is an Honorary Fellow at the Sociology
Department, University of Edinburgh, a founding member of the
International Society for Cultural History and a member of the
Working Group on the Anthropology of, the Body (Catalan Institute of
Anthropology). She regularly publishes in academic, and cultural
journals; her first book is Transexualidad y la Matriz Heterosexual: Un
estudio crítico de Judith Butler (Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona: 2009).
She worked as an advertising and fashion model, and actress for ten
years.
› Aesthetic (dis)orders: Styling principles in fashion modelling, Critical
Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 2.1-2, 185-205.
Professor Solomon’s primary research interests include consumer
behaviour and lifestyle issues, branding strategy, the symbolic aspects
of products, the psychology of fashion, marketing applications of
virtual worlds and the development of visually-oriented online research
methodologies. His textbook, Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having,
and Being, published by Prentice Hall, is widely used in universities
throughout North America, Europe, and Australasia and is now in its
ninth edition.
› Digital identity management: Old wine in new bottles, Critical Studies in
Fashion & Beauty, 1.2, 173-180.
Associate Professor Ian Solomonides was formerly Programme Leader
for Furniture and Product Design and Learning and Teaching
Coordinator in the School of Architecture, Design and Built
Environment at Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom. He is