Curriculum Vitae
Cara Wallis
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Department of Communication
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4234
979-862-6956 (office)
cwallis@tamu.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Communication, December 2008
M.A. in Communication, May 2006
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
Committee: Sarah Banet-Weiser (Chair), Manuel Castells, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Stanley Rosen
M.A. in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language, June 1993
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. in English Literature, March 1988
University of California, Santa Barbara
Phi Beta Kappa; graduated with high honor
Academic Appointments
Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, August 2009 – present
University of Southern California
Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication, January – May 2009
Research Associate, School of Cinematic Arts, June 2008 – December 2008
Graduate Assistant, Annenberg School for Communication, 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2008
UNESCO Education for All Gender Equity Statistical Indicators Evaluation Project Research Assistant for East Asia & Pacific and South & West Asia Regions, 2003 – 2004
Lecturer, American Language Institute, 2000 – 2004
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Journalism and Communication, Beijing, China
Visiting Scholar, 2006 – 2007
Administrative Positions
American Language Institute, University of Southern California
International Teaching Assistant Program Coordinator, 2002 – 2004
Undergraduate Student Consultant Program Coordinator, 2002 – 2004
International Teaching Assistant Institute Coordinator, 2002 – 2004
Other
Headspin Records: Co-founder and President, 1997 – 2000
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Wallis, Cara. (revise and resubmit). “Performing Gender: Gender Display in Music Videos.” Sex Roles Special Content Analysis Issue.
Wallis, Cara. (under review). “Mobile Phones without Guarantees: The Promises of Technology and the Contingencies of Culture” submitted to New Media & Society.
Wallis, Cara. (under review). “New Media Practices in China” submitted to the International Journal of Communication.
Wallis, Cara. 2006. “Chinese Women in the Official Chinese Press: Discursive Constructions of Gender in Service to the State.” Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, Volume 3, Number 1, 94-108.
Book Chapters
Wallis, Cara. Forthcoming. “The Traditional Meets the Technological: Mobile Navigations of Desire and Intimacy.” Commissioned book chapter for Youth, Society, and Mobile Media in Asia, eds. Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Damien Spry. London: Routledge.
Wallis, Cara. Forthcoming. “’Immobile Mobility:’ Marginal Youth and Mobile Phones in Beijing.” Peer-reviewed book chapter for Mobile Communication: Bringing us Together or Tearing us Apart? Mobile Communication Research Series II, eds. Rich Ling and Scott Campbell. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Wallis, Cara. 2008. “Techno-Mobility and Translocal Migration: Mobile Phone Use among Female Migrant Workers in Beijing.” In Gender Digital Divide. Icfai University Press.
Book Reviews
Wallis, Cara. 2009. “China’s Subaltern and the Possibilities for Social Change.” Review of Jack Linchuan Qiu, Working-Class Network Society; Wanning Sun, Maid in China; Hairong Yan, New Masters, New Servants. International Journal of Communication, Volume 3, 908-914.
http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/viewFile/653/368
Reports
Wallis, Cara. 2009. “Gender and Media Empowerment: An Overview of Innovative Alternative and Participatory Media Projects since the 1980s.” Commissioned report for Marginal Groups and Media Empowerment, eds. Bu Wei and Jack Linchuan Qiu. Ford Foundation.
Balsamo, Anne, with Cara Wallis. August 1, 2008. “Virtual Environments for Learning: A Report on a Summit.” Special report commissioned by the National Science Foundation.
Under Preparation
Wallis, Cara. Technomobility in the Margins: Mobile Phones and Young Migrant Women in Beijing
Book manuscript.
Academic Blogging
Futures of Learning:
New Media in International Contexts – China
Inspiring the Technological Imagination:
Digital Media in Community Libraries, Part 1: Mobile Media
Learning from the Edges, Part 1: The Importance of Play
Refereed Conference Presentations
Wallis, Cara. 2009. “Marginal Youth in Virtual Spaces: Rural-to-Urban Migrants and New Media Technologies in Beijing.” Paper presented at the Association for Internet Researchers Conference. October 8-11, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Wallis, Cara, Jack Linchuan Qiu, & Rich Ling. 2009. “Alternative Mobile Handsets and Grassroots Innovation in the Global South: A Critical Examination.” Paper presented at the Association for Internet Researchers Conference. October 8-11, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Wallis, Cara & Carmen Gonzalez. 2009. “Mobile Voices: A Mobile, Open Source, Popular Communication Platform for First-Generation Immigrants in Los Angeles.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association Pre-Conference “Mobile 2.0: Beyond Voice?” May 21, Chicago, Illinois.
Wallis, Cara. 2008. “Digital Dating: Mobile Phones, Intimacy, and Rural-to-Urban Migrant Women in Beijing.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 21-24, San Diego, California.
Wallis, Cara. 2008. “’Technologies of Freedom?’ Mobile Phones, Resistance, and Surveillance in the Workplace.” Paper presented at the Mobile Communication and the Ethics of Social Networking Conference, September 25-27, Budapest, Hungary.
Wallis, Cara. 2008. “Camera Phones and the Representation and Construction of Reality.” Paper presented at the First International Conference on Mobile Society, September 18-19, Antalya, Turkey.
Wallis, Cara. 2008. “(Im)mobile Mobility: Mobile Phones and Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in Beijing.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, May 22-26, Montreal, Canada.
Wallis, Cara. 2007. “Gender, Identity, and Technology among Chinese Female Migrants in Beijing.” Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research Meeting, July 23-25, Paris, France.
Wallis, Cara. 2007. “Techno-Mobility and Translocal Migration: Gender, Identity, and Technology among Female Migrants in Beijing.” Paper presented at the Cultural Studies Now Conference, July 20-22, London, England.
Wallis, Cara. 2006. “From the Telephone to the Mobile Phone: Discourses in the Life of ‘New’ Technology.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, June 19-23, Dresden, Germany.
Wallis, Cara. 2005. “Performing Gender: A Content Analysis of Gender Display in Music Videos.” Paper presented at the National Communication Association Convention, November 17-20, Boston, Massachusetts.
Wallis, Cara. 2005. “Chinese Women in the Official State Press: Discursive Constructions of Gender in Service to the State.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, May 26-30, New York, New York.
Wallis, Cara. 2004. “Precision and Limits of UNESCO Educational Statistics for East Asia & the Pacific and South & West Asia.” Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society National Conference, March 9-12, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wallis, Cara. 2003. “The All-China Women’s Federation: Non-formal Educational Efforts to Improve the Status of Chinese Women.” Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Western Regional Conference, November 8-9, Los Angeles, California.
Wallis, Cara. 2003. “Trafficking in Women in Sichuan, China: Prevention Through Non-formal Education.” Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Western Regional Conference, January 3-5, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Turton, Dawn, Judith Marasco, & Cara Wallis. 2002. “Using Digitized Video Clips to Teach Presentation Skills.” Presentation at the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages International Convention, April 9-13, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Turton, Dawn, Judith Marasco, & Cara Wallis. 2001. “Using Digitized Video Clips to Train International Teaching Assistants.” Presentation at the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages International Convention, February 27-March 3, St. Louis, Missouri.
Invited Lectures and Colloquia
With Jack Qiu. “Shanzhaiji and the Transformation of the Local Mediascape in Shenzhen.” Provincial China Workshop. Sponsored by the China Media Center at the University of Technology, Sydney. October 12-14, 2009, Anhui University, Hefei, China.
“The Promises and Possibilities of Technology for Migrant Workers.” Guest Lecture. EDUC 650 Globalization and the Nation State: Theories of Change. October 16, 2007, University of Southern California.
“Techno-Mobility and Translocal Migration: Mobile Phone Use among Female Migrant Workers in Beijing.” Female Labor Migration in Globalizing Asia: Translocal/Transnational Identities and Agencies Symposium, September 13-14, 2007, Singapore.
“Theory and Practice of Cultural Studies.” Media Theories and Practice Course. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, June 7, 2007, Beijing, China.
“Effective Teaching Skills for the U.S. Classroom.” Presentation and technology demonstration. Faculty Project Showcase. Center for Scholarly Technology, University of Southern California, February 20, 2003.
Project Grants
Bar, Francois, Melissa Brough, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Amanda Garces, Carmen Gonzalez, & Cara Wallis. 2009. Mobile Voices: A Mobile, Open Source, Popular Communication Platform for First-Generation Immigrants in Los Angeles. MacArthur Foundation 2009 Innovation in Participatory Learning Award.
Anorve, Raul, Francois Bar, Melissa Brough, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Amanda Garces, Carmen Gonzalez, & Cara Wallis. 2008. Mobile Voices: Participatory Action Research for Mobile Community among Immigrants in Los Angeles. Social Science Research Council Collaborative Grant in Media and Communications.
Honors & Awards
Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, Small Research Award, 2008, $2,000
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 2006-07, $15,000
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Summer 2006, $2,000
Diana Meehan Fellowship in Feminism & Communication, 2006, $2,000
Center for Feminist Research, University of Southern California, Travel Grant, 2006, $500
International Communication Association Communication and Technology Division Top Student Paper 3, Dresden, Germany, June 2006
Oxford Internet Institute, Beijing, China, Summer 2005
Gladys M. Byram Memorial Scholarship, 2003-04, $500
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 2002-03, $14,000
Teaching
Teaching Interests: new media, social shaping of technology, critical theory, popular culture, cultural studies, feminist theory, contemporary Chinese culture
Texas A&M University
Comm 460: Communication, Culture, and Technology, Fall 2009
Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Instructor of Record:
Communication, Technology, and Culture, Spring 2009
Interpreting Popular Culture, Spring 2009
Interpreting Popular Culture, Fall 2007
Teaching Assistant:
Sound Clash: Popular Music and American Culture, Spring 2008
Interpreting Popular Culture, Spring 2006
Introduction to Communication and Technology, Fall 2005
Gender, Media & Communication, Spring 2005
Advertising and Society, Fall 2004
American Language Institute, USC
International Teaching Assistant Training, Fall 2000 – Spring 2004
Writing, Fall 2000, Summer 2002
Advanced Public Speaking, Fall 2001 – Fall 2003
Service
Affiliations
Association of Asian Studies
Association of Internet Researchers
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
Professional Service to Discipline
Conference Paper Referee
International Communication Association:
Communication and Technology Division, 2007 – present
Feminist Scholarship Division, 2007 – present
Ad-hoc Journal Referee
Information Technologies and International Development
New Media & Society
University Service
Texas A&M University
Asian Studies Faculty Committee
Annenberg School for Communication
Faculty Search Committee Graduate Student Representative 2007-2008
Graduate Student Association, Board Member 2005-2006
Foreign Languages
Chinese – advanced |
