Wernick, Andrew (Lee)
WERNICK, Andrew (Lee)
WERNICK, Andrew (Lee). British/Canadian, b. 1945. Genres: Cultural/ Ethnic topics, Sociology, Advertising/Public relations, Communications/ Media, Gerontology/Senior issues, Intellectual history, Theology/Religion. Career: Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, assistant professor, 1972-78, associate professor, 1978-83, professor of cultural studies and sociology, 1983-, and director of Graduate Program in Methodologies for the Study of Western History and Culture. Teesside University, member of advisory committee of Centre for the Study of Adult Life, 1991-; University of East London, member of advisory panel of Centre for Consumer and Advertising Studies, 1993-. Lecturer at Institute for Contemporary Arts (London); Marxist Institute (Toronto); King's College, Cambridge; Teesside Polytechnic; Emmanuel College, Cambridge; University of Leeds; University of Aberdeen; and University of Western Ontario. Pianist and composer of jazz, blues, and rock music. Publications: Promotional Culture: Advertising, Ideology, and Symbolic Expression, 1991; (ed. with P. Berry, and contrib.) Shadow of Spirit: Religion and Postmodernism, 1992; (ed. with M. Featherstone) Images of Aging, 1994. Work represented in books. Contributor to periodicals. Member of editorial board, Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory, 1986-. Address: Peter Robinson College, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada K9J 7B8.