Scott Wallace

Scott Wallace, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, is the author of the best-selling book, The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes (Crown, 2011), and a longtime contributor to National Geographic. He covered the armed conflicts in Central America throughout the 1980s for CBS News, Newsweek, The Guardian, The Independent, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution—experiences that form the basis for Central America in the Crosshairs of War. His articles have also appeared in Harper’s, Interview, Condé Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, The Nation, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, among many others. His photographs have been published in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and throughout the world via Getty Images. His broadcast credits include CBS, CNN, Fox News, and National Geographic Channel. He has been honored with the Explorers Club’s Lowell Thomas Award for excellence in reporting from the field, the Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, the Ochberg Fellowship from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University, and a Humanities Fellowship at the University of Connecticut.