Tulane University

Contact Info
vmayer@tulane.edu

Degrees

• B.A., Brown University, Independent Major, 1993
• M.A., University of California-San Diego, Communication, 1997
• Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, Communication, 2000

Academic Experience

• Louise K. Riggio Chair of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tulane University, Taylor Center for Design-Thinking, 2014-
• Professor, Tulane University 2012-
• Associate Professor, Tulane University 2007-2012
• Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2003-2007
• Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California-Davis, 2001-2003
• Assistant Professor, University of Texas-San Antonio, 2000-2001
• Associate Instructor, University of California-San Diego, 2000

Research & Teaching Specializations: Media Production and Consumption, Brazil, Latinos, Cultural Citizenship, Identity, Media Industries and Labor

Related Experience

• Co-Creator, ViaNolaVie: Talking Life and Culture in New Orleans, 2016-
• Editorial Board Member, Women’s Studies in Communication, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Intercom-Revista Brasileira de Ciências da Comunicação, Journal of Latin American Communication Research, Journal of Communication
• President, Feminist Studies Division, International Communication Association
• Editor, Television & New Media (http://tvn.sagepub.com/)
• Director, MediaNOLA (http://medianola.org)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Communication

Distinctions

• The Community Action Council of Tulane University Students’ Community Enrichment Award, Tulane University, 2016
• Barbara E. Moely Award for Service Learning, 2012
• National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Start-Up Grant, 2010
• Top Paper Award, International Communication Association, Philosophy of Communication Division, 2009

Languages:

• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Dutch

Selected Publications

• 2017. Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy. Berkeley: University of California Press and Luminos Open Access Project.
• 2016. “The Places Where Production and Audience Studies Meet.” Television and New Media 17 (8): 706-718.
• 2012. Below the Line: Producers and Production Studies in the New Television Economy. Duke University Press.
• 2009. (Editor) Production Studies: Cultural Studies of Media Industries. With Miranda J. Banks and John T. Caldwell. Routledge.
• 2007. “Digital Television in Brazil: The View from Manaus.” Liinc em Revista. 3 (2): 81-90.
• 2003. Producing Dreams, Consuming Youth: Mexican Americans and Mass Media. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Cross-Cultural Commnication, Intercultural Communication, Introduction to Social

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 6