Vicky Lebeau is Reader in English at the University of Sussex and is the author of Psychoanalysis and Cinema: The Play of Shadows (2001).
Sarah Moss is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin’s School of English, Drama and Film. She has published six novels as well as a number of non-fiction works.
Alexander Badenoch is Assistant Professor in Media and Cultural studies at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sanda Miller is a senior lecturer in fashion writing and culture at Southampton Solent University. Her previous books include Constantin Brancusi: A Survey of His Work and The Dark Night of the Soul: Ana Maria Pacheco.
Cheryl Buckley is Reader in Design History at the University of Northumbria and Chair of the Design History Society of Britain. She is also the author of Potters and Paintresses: Women Designers in the Pottery Industry, 1870-1955 (1990) and co-author of Fashioning the Feminine (2002).
Victoria de Rijke is Principal Lecturer in Performing Arts and Education at Middlesex University. She is editor of Nose Book: Representations of the Nose in the Arts and Literature (2000).
John Prescott has been a professor of psychology and sensory science at universities in Australia and New Zealand. He is Editor of Food Quality & Preference and Executive Editor of Chemosensory Perception. He currently runs a consultancy business in the area of food perceptions and preferences. For further information, see www.taste-matters.org.
Laura B. Weiss is a journalist based in New York who specializes in food, travel and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Zagat restaurant guide and the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University.
Deirdre Jackson works in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library and is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Anna Cole is Research Coordinator of the Tatau/Tattoo project at Goldsmiths College. She has published on race and gender in Australia.