Caroline West

Caroline West is a Term Assistant Professor in the Honors College. Her research is broadly centered in cultural and media studies with special focus in photography and visual culture, theories of race and gender, and political economy. Dr. West has taught courses at GMU in cultural studies, global affairs, and communications. In the Honors College, she teaches special topics courses centered on photography and culture, community and activism, social and economic inequalities, as well as the foundational HNRS 110 course, Principles of Research and Inquiry.

Selected Publications

West, Caroline. “UBI as a Tool for Solidarity: A Response to Richard Todd Stafford,” Lateral: Journal of Cultural Studies 8, no. 2 (Fall 2019). https://doi.org/10.25158/L8.2.9

West, Caroline. “From Company Town to Deindustrialization: Inquiry on the Redistribution of Space and Capital through a Universal Basic Income,” Lateral: Journal of Cultural Studies 7, no. 2 (Fall 2018). https://doi.org/10.25158/L7.2.12 .

West, Caroline. “The Lean In Collection: Women, Work, and the Will to Represent,” Capitalist Aesthetics, special issue of Open Cultural Studies 2, no. 1 (2018): 430-439. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0039 .  

Education

PhD Cultural Studies, George Mason University

MA Arts Administration and Policy, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

BFA Photography, Arizona State University