Jordan Foster

Dr. Foster's doctoral thesis, Birkin Bags and Beautiful People: How Fashion, Capital and Fame Collide , looked to the rise of fashion influencers and the industry personnel who surround them to understand the role of social media platforms—and the figures who populate them—in enabling and constraining opportunities for diversity and inclusion. Matters related to gender, race and class inform influencers' visibility and fame, rendering some highly popular and others hidden from view. Jordan's ongoing research continues in this vein, mapping the various ways in which diversity and inclusion are understood and presented in the notoriously exclusive fashion industry. Funded by a recently won Insight Development Grant, Dr. Foster is also pursuing a project addressing contemporary norms of beautification and body augmentation in clinic settings. This research engages nurse practitioners and their clients to extend what is known about gendered and racialized beauty work and the classed dimensions of attractiveness in our increasingly visual and virtual culture. | Culture, media, inequality, beauty

Jordan Foster is Assistant Professor at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Dr. Foster's doctoral thesis, Birkin Bags and Beautiful People: How Fashion, Capital and Fame Collide , looked to the rise of fashion influencers and the industry personnel who surround them to understand the role of social media platforms—and the figures who populate them—in enabling and constraining opportunities for diversity and inclusion. Matters related to gender, race and class inform influencers' visibility and fame, rendering some highly popular and others hidden from view. Jordan's ongoing research continues in this vein, mapping the various ways in which diversity and inclusion are understood and presented in the notoriously exclusive fashion industry. Funded by a recently won Ins. This summary considered all 2 collected sources.