About

Dr. Jordan Foster is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at MacEwan University. He was trained in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Jordan’s research lies at the intersection of culture, new media and inequality with a critical focus on how everyday and taken-for-granted trends reinforce and reproduce extant patterns of wealth and privilege. Jordan’s published work can be found in such venues as Sociology, the Journal of Consumer Culture, Communications, Culture & Critique, and Social Media + Society.

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Press Pieces

Praise for Kim Kardashian’s Skims ignores her family’s relationship with body augmentation

Victoria’s Secret joins the ‘inclusive revolution,’ finally realizing diversity sells

Peer-Reviewed Publications