Gaile McGregor is an itinerant scholar whose research falls somewhere near the juncture of Cultural and Communication Studies, Sociology of Culture, and Cultural Anthropology. Following on graduate degrees in both Literature and Sociology, her recent appointments include a Canada Research Fellowship at York University in Toronto and a Fulbright Fellowship at Rice University in Houston. Now affiliated with the Anthropology Department at the University of Western Ontario, she is currently completing a book on North American culture and society entitled Signs of Difference: Cycles, Markers, and Mythos.