Faculty
Professor

E-mail: kwilkins@mail.utexas.edu
Office: WWH 409
Phone: 512-471-2007
Hours: TuTh noon-1pm
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Curriculum Vitae: PDF
Karin Gwinn Wilkins (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1991) is a Professor with the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as the Associate Director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Her research focuses on global communication, development and social change. Her most recent book is Home/Land/Security: What We Learn about Arab Communities from Action-Adventure Films (Lexington Books, 2009). Some of her work can be found in ReDeveloping Communication for Social Change (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), Communication Theory, Media, Culture & Society, Journal of Communication, International Journal of Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Media Development, Media Asia, Journal of International Communication, Peace Review, and the Asian Journal of Communication, among other venues.