Phone: 213 821 1291
E-mail: trope@usc.edu
Office: ASC 326A
Office Hours: Please inquire by e-mail

Alison Trope received her Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California in 1999. She has taught in the Critical Studies department in the School of Cinema-Television and currently teaches a range of courses in the Annenberg School for Communication. Her research and teaching interests include media history, media exhibition, popular culture, gender representation and museum studies.

She is currently revising a manuscript that analyzes various sites that memorialize Hollywood and its history.   Her next project will examine the history and current state of Hollywood philanthropy. She also serves on the Editorial Board and as Book Review Editor for The Moving Image, a journal published in conjunction with the Association of Moving Archivists. Prior to teaching at Annenberg, she worked as Program Director at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where she put on public lectures and seminars as well as worked on various public relations activities tied to the annual Academy Awards. She has also worked as an Associate Producer at the Labyrinth Project, co-organized an international conference on interactive media, and wrote the catalogue for an accompanying new media exhibition. Prior to returning to pursue her MA and Ph.D. in film and television, she received her BA from Vassar College in 1990 and worked at MTV Europe in London.

COMM 339:  Communication, Technology and Culture
COMM 384:  Interpreting Popular Culture
COMM 395:  Gender, Media and Communication
COMM 396:  Fashion, Media and Culture
COMM 450:  Visual Culture and Communication
COMM 465:  Gender in Media Industries and Products
COMM 499:  Home Entertainment