Cara Wallis

Cara Wallis is an Associate Professor of Communication & Media at the University of Michigan's International Institute (LSA). She holds affiliations with the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and the Department of Communication & Media. Her work intersects mobile/social media, China studies, intersectional feminism, and critical technology studies. She focuses on marginalized groups like China's rural and internal migrant populations.

Education: PhD in Communication from the University of Southern California (2008-?).

Research interests include: digital marginalization, technology & power dynamics, gender equity in technology access, and media's role in social change. She examines how identity axes like class, gender, and geography shape technology use.

Recent articles explore themes like pandemic-era mobile media, digital activism in China, and reproductive health discourse. Her work bridges critical theory with empirical studies of technology's societal impacts.

No scientific awards listed. Advising/grants: No specific grants or advisees mentioned in texts. Affiliated with the International Institute's interdisciplinary research programs.

Labs/Teams: Engaged with transnational research networks studying digital marginalization and China's media ecology.