Dr Alexandra James BA(Hons), BCom is an interdisciplinary researcher within in the fields of gender and sexuality studies, sociology, and public health. Her research focuses on contemporary beauty practices, women and women’s studies, public health, technology and sexual intimacies. Having worked across the NGO and university sectors, she was recipient of The Australian Sociological Association's Honours award in 2013, and completed her PhD in Gender Studies at Monash University in 2018. She welcomes supervision opportunities in the sociology of gender and sexuality.