P. David Marshall holds a
research professorship and personal chair in New Media, Communication and
Cultural Studies at Deakin University, Australia and is also a Distinguished
High-End Visiting Foreign Expert at Central China University’s School of
Journalism and Communication, China. He is the author, co-author, editor, or
co-editor of many books including Celebrity
and Power, 2nd Edition (2014), Companion
to Celebrity (2015), Promotional
Vistas (2016), and Persona Studies
(2016).
Glenn D’Cruz is a lecturer in
Drama and Cultural Studies at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of
Midnight’s Orphans: Anglo-Indians in
Post/Colonial Literature (2006) and the editor of Class Act: Melbourne Workers Theatre 1987-2007 (2007). He has
published widely in national and international journals in the areas of
literary studies, performance studies and cultural studies.
Sharyn McDonald is a lecturer
in Reputation Management and Marketing Communication at Deakin University,
Australia. Her combined teaching and industry experience spans over 20 years
and has strengthened her interdisciplinary approach to research. Sharyn’s
research focuses on social responsibility and issue management with a
particular emphasis on non-government organisations.
Katja Lee is a SSHRC
postdoctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University, Canada and a member of the
Persona, Celebrity, Publics Research Group at Deakin University, Australia. She
has published essays on celebrity, public identity performance, and life
writing, and is co-editor of Celebrity
Cultures in Canada (2016).