Jordan Le Bel

Jordan LeBel is Associate Professor at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. Heis a food and foodservice management and marketing expert; he was previously a chef and served as restaurant inspector for the Distinguished Restaurants of North America award program. His research focuses on pleasure, its dimensions and impact on consumers' choices and behaviours. His current food research deals with comfort foods, chocolate, and other "feel good" foods. Prior to joining Cornell, he taught advertising and "experience marketing" at the John Molson School of Business (Concordia). He currently contributes a column on marketing for Commerce magazine, a French language monthly.

Rhona Richman Kenneally

Rhona Richman Kenneally is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University. She holds a BA in English literature, an MA in Canadian history, and a professional degree and PhD in architecture. Recent SSHRC-funded research and publications address aspects of food culture in mid-twentieth-century Canada—including the food served at Montreal's Expo 67—and she is currently working on a book-length study of these themes. A second research thread explores museums and heritage landscapes, and food, as evidence of Irish national and cultural affiliation. In 2005 she co-curated the exhibition Expo 67: Not just a souvenir at the Canadian Centre for Architecture; she has also co-edited a collection of essays derived from this event, to appear early next year.