Ashley Mears | |
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 Mears in 2020 | |
| Title | Professor of Sociology |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Georgia |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Thesis | Pricing Beauty: The Production of Value in Fashion Modeling Markets (2009) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | Culture, markets, work |
| Notable works | Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model |
| Website | www |
Ashley Mears is an American writer, sociologist, and former fashion model. She is currently Professor and Chair of Cultural Sociology and New Media at the University of Amsterdam. Mears is the author of Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model and Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit, and is regularly quoted in media as an academic expert in the culture and economics of fashion.