who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Sheila Cliffe
Jumonji Gakuen Women's University,
Saitama, Japan
Keywords Internet, globalization,
orientalism, fashion, kimono
Stephen Clift
Canterbury Christ Church University,
Sidney De Haan Research Centre for
Arts & Health, University Centre
Folkestone, Mill Bay, Folkestone,
CT20 1JG, United Kingdom
Keywords older people, health, group
singing,
Nick Clifton
University of Wales Institute Cardiff
(UWIC), Cardiff School of
Management, CSM Building,
Western Avenue, Llandaff, Cardiff,
CF5 2YB, United Kingdom
Keywords knowledge economy,
location, economy outcomes, creative
regions, research network, Regional
Studies Association
Sheila Cliffe is a graduate of Temple University of Japan and teaches
English, and kimono and fashion at Jumonji Gakuen Women’s
University in Japan. She is an avid kimono collector as well as a
researcher and dyer of kimono. She is working towards a Ph.D. on this
topic at the University of Leeds. She lives in Tokyo with her three
children.
› Revisioning the kimono, Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 1.2, 217-231.
Stephen Clift is Professor of Health Education within the department of
Health, Wellbeing and the Family at Canterbury Christ Church
University. He has made contributions to health education and
promotion in the fields of HIV/AIDS and sex education for young
people, international travel and tourism, and evaluation of the Health
Promoting School. His current interests are focused on the
contributions of the arts and music to healthcare and health promotion.
Together with Grenville Hancox, Professor of Music at Christ Church
University, he has recently established the Sidney De Haan Research
Centre for Arts and Health.
› Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Quantitative and qualitative
findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey, Journal of Applied
Arts & Health, 1.1, 19-34.
› The Silver Song Club Project: A sense of well-being through participatory
singing, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 1.2, 165-178.
Nick Clifton is a Reader in Economic Geography and Regional
Development at the Cardiff School of Management, UWIC. Nick’s
main research interests lie in the fields of regional economics, small
business and entrepreneurship, networks, business strategy, innovation
and creativity.
› Creative knowledge workers and location in Europe and North America: a
comparative review, Creative Industries Journal, 2.1, 73-89.
› Second seminar of the Regional Studies Association Research Network on
Creative Industries and the Regions – Creative industries, scenes, cities,
places: idiosyncratic dimensions of the cultural economy, April 2009,
Cardiff, Creative Industries Journal, 2.1, 113-115.
› Location, location, location: exploring the complex relationship between
creative industries and place, Creative Industries Journal, 3.1, 5-10.