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'''Meredith Rachael Jones''' (born 1965) is an Australian-British cultural theorist, currently employed as Reader in Gender and Media at the [[Brunel University London]] and as director of the Research Centre for Global Lives at Brunel University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Meredith Jones: an Australian academic in London|first=Julia|last=Griffin|work=Australian Women London|date=April 6, 2018|url=https://www.australianwomen.london/london-for-australian-women/dr-meredith-jones-an-academic-in-london}}</ref> She was educated at the [[University of Melbourne]] (BA), the [[University of Sydney]] (BAHons), the [[University of Technology, Sydney]] (GradDipComm) and [[Western Sydney University]] (Ph.D.), Jones has also taught at the [[University of Technology Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/drawing-the-line-on-the-beauty-industry/news-story/90c051f6acbad32d72fbdf408b0e9f5d?nk=6964423989ce518669009c232c368726-1557088357 |title=Drawing the line on the beauty industry |last1=Peddie |first1=Clare |last2=Leo |first2=Jessica |website=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |date=2009-11-04 |access-date=2019-05-05}}</ref>
She studies feminism, issues of gender, theories of embodiment, body modifications, media, and aesthetics. She has written articles about ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' for ''[[The Conversation]]''<ref name="Conversation20151126">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Meredith |title=Why we all need to keep up with the Kardashians |url=https://theconversation.com/why-we-all-need-to-keep-up-with-the-kardashians-50948 |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |date=26 November 2015}}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspapers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/jan/14/whats-wrong-with-studying-the-kardashians|title=What's wrong with studying the Kardashians?|first=Meredith|last=Jones|date=14 January 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> and in 2015 she organized the world's first academic conference for scholarship on the Kardashians.<ref name="IHE20151112">{{cite news |last1=Grove |first1=Jack |title=Academe Keeps Up With Kardashians |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/12/british-university-prepares-first-academic-conference-kardashians |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=November 12, 2015 |department=Times Higher Education}}</ref><ref name="Vice20180507">{{cite news |last1=Lopatko |first1=Katya |title=Scholars Say if You Hate the Kardashians, You Probably Hate Yourself |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d35a9x/scholars-say-if-you-hate-the-kardashians-you-probably-hate-yourself |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=May 7, 2018 |department=Entertainment}}</ref> On Twitter, academic reception to the announced "Kimposium" was mixed.<ref name="DailyMail">{{cite news |last1=Harding |first1=Eleanor |title=Rear-ly! British university invites world's finest minds to discuss ... the Kardashians |url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A434510948/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=9327de07 |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=[[Daily Mail]] |date=November 14, 2015 |page=37 |via=[[Gale Biography In Context]]}}</ref>
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