Dr. Joanne Entwistle

Biography

Joanne Entwistle is a Reader in Cultural Creative Industries at King's College London. She has extensive experience in academic leadership, serving as the Department Education Lead from 2017-18. Her previous appointments include positions at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, University of North London (now London Metropolitan University), and the Sociology Department at the University of Essex. Her research interests encompass sociology, fashion, the embodiment of dress, the dynamics of cultural work, and the processes involved in cultural mediation. Notable publications include 'Fashioned Body: Fashion, Dress Modern Social Theory' and frameworks focusing on aesthetic labor and gender in fashion contexts. Entwistle actively engages in PhD supervision, inviting research proposals that align with her scholarly interests. Her current projects include exploring the implications of domestic lighting within the LSE Cities ‘Configuring Light/Staging Social’ research program and various international collaborations. She also holds various advisory roles in fashion studies and is involved as a public engagement scholar.

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