Research Focus
Tim Gibson’s research interests include critical media studies, the political economy of communication, and urban studies. He has published articles at the intersection of media and urban studies in a variety of communication and cultural studies journals. He is also author of Securing the Spectacular City: The Politics of Revitalization and Homelessness in Downtown Seattle, a book which explores issues of gentrification and urban poverty in Seattle during the 1990s, and co-editor (with Mark Lowes) of Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context. He is an active member of Mason’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (GMU-AAUP) and currently serves as the chapter’s Secretary-Treasurer. Together with other AAUP members, he has campaigned for donor transparency, faculty participation in the Presidential search, and for fair treatment of Mason’s contract workers. Finally, he currently serves as the president of the Virginia Association of Communication Arts and Sciences (VACAS)