Editors

Joseph Hancock, Phd.

Dr. Joseph "Joe" Hancock has a 20 year management, retailing and product merchandising background having worked for such U.S. companies as The Gap, Limited, Inc and Target Corporation. He has taught courses related to fashion brands, retail management, retail merchandising and retail buying at Ohio State University, Ohio University, and Oregon State University and is currently at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Dr. Hancock conducts research and lectures internationally in the areas of fashion branding, product merchandising, popular culture and contemporary men’s style. He is the National Area Chair for the Popular Culture & American Culture Association of America in the areas of Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer Identity. Dr. Hancock is currently authoring a book on fashion brands for Fairchild Publications and is working on a special fashion issue of the Journal of American Culture for Blackwell Publications.

Ann Keith Kennedy

Ann Keith Kennedy received her MLIS from Drexel University in 2003 and began working at Drexel University's W.W. Hagerty Library in January 2004. Prior to becoming a librarian, she worked as an architect in Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Minneapolis after earning her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Kansas in 1990. As an architect, she has worked for firms such as HOK Sport and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

She has taught English in Nishinomiya Japan with the JET program and also worked in the visual display department of Hall's department store in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a member of ARLIS/NA and Past-President of the ARLIS/NA Delaware Valley Chapter.