Debra Gimlin Author & Editor

James B. Rule is professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and is a member of the editorial board of Dissent magazine. Debra Gimlin holds a doctorate in sociology, and is vice president of V2, Inc., a strategic consulting and marketing research firm for the pharmaceutical industry. She is the author of Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture. Sylvia Sievers is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is an experienced researcher in computing use and has had several articles published in scholarly journals.