Faculty

Aurora Wallace

Clinical Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication

Aurora Wallace

Phone: (212) 998 9004
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Degrees Held

  • B.A. Carleton University [Canada] 1992
  • M.A. McGill University 1994
  • Ph.D. McGill University 2000

Research Interests

  • Media and Urban Space
  • Architecture
  • American Newspapers
  • Crime and Media
  • Advertising History

Courses

  • Introduction to Media Studies
  • Advertising and Society
  • History of Communication
  • Crime, Violence and Media
  • Honors Seminar
  • Social Experiences in Consumer Culture
  • Twentieth Century American Newspapers

Publications

  • "Things Like That Don't Happen Here: Crime, Place and Real Estate in the News," Crime Media Culture: An International Journal. Vol. 4 no. 3 2008. pp. 395-409.
  • "Mapping City Crime and the New Aesthetic of Danger," Journal of Visual Culture. Vol. 8 no. 1, 2009. pp. 5-24.
  • "The Geography of Girl Watching in late 1960s Montreal," Space and Culture. Vol 10. no. 3, August 2007. pp. 349-368.
  • "A Height Deemed Appalling: 19th Century New York Newspaper Buildings," Journalism History. Vol 31, no. 4, Winter 2006. pp. 178-189.
  • Newspapers and the Making of Modern America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.