Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder (Boulder, CO): Media & Religion
Aug. 2016 – Aug. 2021
M.A. American University School of Communications (Washington, DC): Investigative Journalism,
August 2016.
M.A. University of Chicago Divinity School (Chicago, IL): Religion in America (Religion and Politics),
June 2015.
B.A. Macalester College (St. Paul, MN): Religious Studies, minors in French and Anthropology,
May 2012.
Publications
Book Chapters
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Reporting the Soul of the Nation: Religion and Politics in U.S. News Media.” In Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism. Edited by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler (Forthcoming Fall 2020).
Book Reviews
“Review of: City on a Hill by Abram C. Van Engen (Yale University Press, 2020).” Reading Religion. (2022), https://readingreligion.org/books/city-hill-0.
"Review of: Religion and Media in America by Anthony Hatcher (Lexington Books, 2018)." Journal of Media, Religion, & Culture 9, no. 2 (2020).
Works in Progress
“Podcasting Religion: Networked (Dis)Affiliation.” (R&R for Journal of Media, Religion, and Digital Culture)
Journalism & Academic Blogging
Campbell, D. Ashley. “#TakeAKnee Reveals Anxiety About Nationalism.” Third Spaces Blog. November 21, 2017. https://goo.gl/wTuhBd
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Inaugural (Civil) Religion.” Third Spaces Blog. February 24, 2017. https://goo.gl/6ZzJZ6
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Science Mike Building A ‘Christian Science’ Liturgy for the NONES.” Religion Dispatches, May 3, 2017. https://religiondispatches.org/science-mike-building-a-christian-science-liturgy-for-the-nones/
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Kaepernick’s Protest: Revealing The Sacred Materiality of Patriotism.” Third Spaces Blog. September 10, 2016. https://goo.gl/QaYhdU
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Morgan Freeman has been traveling around the world learning about how we see God.” The Washington Post, April 2, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/04/02/morgan-freeman-has-been-traveling-around-the-world-learning-about-how-we-see-god/
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Pope Francis has decreed that women can take part in the foot-washing ritual today, Maundy Thursday.” The Washington Post, March 24, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/03/24/pope-francis-has-decreed-that-women-can-take-part-in-the-foot-washing-ritual-today-maundy-thursday/
Campbell, D. Ashley. “Two Churches, One Love. Bridging the Divine.” AWOL Magazine, April 24, 2016. https://issuu.com/awol/docs/issue3
Campbell, D. Ashley. “To Be or Not To Be: My Take on the ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Choice.” Patheos, May 9, 2013. https://www.patheos.com/new-visions/be-not-be-ashley-campbell-05-10-2013
Nonacademic Work
Public Relations & Communications
Jan 2022—Sep. 2022 Faculty Affairs at University of Colorado—Boulder
Scholarly Impact & Communications Specialist
August 2021—Jan 2022 The Wakeman Agency
Research & Narrative Strategist
Dec. 2018 The Word is Resistance Podcast
Audience Growth, Planning, & Messaging
Denver, CO
April 2018 The University of Colorado-Boulder Libraries
Podcast Planning and Technology
Boulder, CO
June 2014 — July 2015 Norm’s Farms
Content Marketing Assistant
Chicago, IL
Jan. 2013 — June 2013 Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
20th Anniversary Coordinator
Chicago, IL
Radio & Podcasting
July 2016 – October 2021 Religionish Podcast
Founder, Producer, Host, & Editor
http://religionish.com
May 2016 – July 2016 Interfaith Voices (now Inspired)
Assistant Production Intern
Washington, D.C.
Print Journalism
Sep. 2016 – May 2017 Religion Dispatches
Freelance Reporter
Denver, CO
Jan. 2016 – May 2016 The Washington Post
Religion Reporting Intern
Washington, D.C.
Research
June 2021—Jan. 2023 Fellow
Center for Media, Religion, and Culture
Boulder, CO
Sep. 2016—May 2021 Graduate Research Fellow
Center for Media, Religion, and Culture
Boulder, CO
Aug. 2019—Dec. 2019 Research Assistant to Dr. Nabil Echchaibi & Dr. Andrew Calabrese
Department of Media Studies at University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
June 2017—Aug. 2017 Researcher for Public Religion Project
Center for Media, Religion, and Culture
Boulder, CO
Sep. 2016—Dec. 2016 Research Assistant to Dr. J. Richard Stevens
Department of Media Studies at University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Sep. 2015—May 2016 Graduate Assistant Researcher
Investigative Reporting Workshop
Washington, D.C.
Sep. 2015—May 2016 Research Assistant
FRONTLINE
Washington, D.C.
July 2011—Aug. 2011 Research Assistant to Dr. Anna Gryzmala-Busse
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Conference Participation
Panels Organized
“Streaming the Word: A Roundtable Discussion on Religion Podcasting,”
Organizer and Moderator
International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture Conference
Boulder, CO, August 8, 2018
“From White Nationalism to Civil Religion: Religion’s Role in Nationalist Language”
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
Boston, MA, November 18, 2017
Papers Presented
“Networked (Dis)affiliation: Podcasting and Religion”
International Communication Association Annual Conference
Paris, France [online], May 30, 2022
“Illustrating ‘Good’ Citizenship: Mediated and Gendered Citizenry in Norman Rockwell & Shepard Fairey”
Intersectional Imaginaries in Media, Religion, and Gender Pre-conference
International Communications Association Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado [online], May 27, 2021
"The Styling of Prosperity: How Trump's Campaign Speech Indexes & Embodies the Prosperity Gospel"
International Communications Association Annual Meeting
Gold Coast, Australia [online], May 25, 2020
"Moral Bounds of Citizenship: Rhetorical Constructions of a Civic Moral Economy in Religious Left Protests"
International Communications Association Annual Meeting,
Gold Coast, Australia [online], May 24, 2020
Visualizing the Bounded Nation: The American Imaginaries of Norman Rockwell & Shepard Fairey"
Imagined Borders, Epistemic Freedoms by CMRC and SIMAGINE
Boulder, CO, Jan. 9, 2020
"The Heartland of Populism: Midwestern Agrarianism & Protestantism in New Populists' Politics of Nostalgia"
Pre-Conference on Global Populism at International Communication Association
Washington, D.C., May 24, 2019
“Platforms, Publics, and Production: Rethinking Religion Public Scholarship in a New Media Age,”
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
Denver, CO, November 19, 2018
“‘Born-Again’ Under the Stars and Stripes: The Ritual Transformation of the Christian Right,”
International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture Conference
Boulder, CO, August 9, 2018
“Speaking of Hope and Change: Civil Religious Rhetoric of Trump and Obama,”
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
Boston, MA, November 18, 2017
“Podcasting Religion: Religious Communities for the 21st Century,”
European Association for the Study of Religion
Leuven, Belgium, September 21, 2017
“‘But the Pen Will Endure’: Civil Religion Icons in American Political Cartoons After Charlie Hebdo,”
Rocky Mountain-Great Plains American Academy of Religion Regional Conference
Boulder, CO, March 24, 2017
Teaching
University of Denver
Introduction to Media & Culture Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
Innovations in Media & Communications Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
Strategic Communication Planning Winter 2023 & Spring 2024
Strategic Messaging Winter 2024
Activism Media Winter 2024
ASEM: Digital Gods Spring 2023
University of Colorado-Boulder
Instructor of Record
Media and Religion Spring 2019, Spring 2022, & Spring 2023
Media/Communication History Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2020 COMM 3430 Communication, Sport, & Culture
Fall 2020 COMM 3420 Gender & Communication
Spring 2020 MDST 2002-002 Media/Communication History
Spring 2018 MDST 1002 Introduction to Social Media
Fall 2018 CMCI 1010 Storytelling Module
Spring 2017 CMCI 1020 Information Module
Guest Lecture
April 2018 MDST 1002 Introduction to Social Media
Lectured on politics and social media focused on political activism and surveillance
November 2018 CMCI 1010 Storytelling Module
Lectured on responsible storytelling and the ethics of covering minorities and religions
October 2017 MDST 4371 Media & Religion
Lectured on American civil religion in political cartoons and David Morgan’s Sacred Gaze
University of Chicago
Sep. 2014–June 2015 Writing Tutor for College Common Core
Wisconsin English Second Language Institute
Summer 2013 Co-teacher of ESL Short-term
Awards & Honors
Lorraine Cichowski Journalism Scholarship
American University (2015-2016)
Caine Memorial Award in Religious Studies
Macalester College (May 2012)
Service
University Service
CMCI Graduate Student Association Jan. 2017 – July 2019
UChicago Religion in Human Sciences MA Group Coordinator Sep. 2014 – April 2015
Macalester Multifaith Council Jan. 2010 – June 2012
Macalester’s Institute for Global Citizenship Student Council Jan. 2012 – June 2012
Service to Profession
Co-Managing Editor of Journal for Religion, Media, & Digital Culture Jan. 2023—present
Peer Review of Conference Papers for ICA 2019
Public Outreach
Invited Talks
“Podcasting Religion: Developing Religious Communities for the 21st Century.” Public Lecture for The MacKenzie Lectureship: Workshop Series. Held at First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. Boulder, Colorado. January 27, 2018.
Podcasting
“Religionish.” Founder, producer, host, and editor of public scholarship podcast. On-going. Retrieved from: http://religionish.com
“The Media & Religion Podcast.” Co-producer, co-host, and co-editor of public scholarship podcast for The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture at the University of Colorado-Boulder. 2018. Retrieved from: https://goo.gl/8n3v8b
Languages
English – Native speaker
French – Speak, read, and write with intermediate proficiency
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Religion
Religion News Association
International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture
International Communication Association
Additional Training & Experience
Nov. 16, 2018 — Media Training for Religion Scholars by Auburn Media (Denver, CO)
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
July 2017 — Aug. 2017 Communication Rights In the Global Digital Society (Wittenberg, Germany)
Summer School Hosted by World Association of Christian Communication & University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
June 2014 — Aug. 2014 New Venture Challenge, Accelerator Program on the Norm’s Farms Team (Chicago, IL)
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago
July 2013 — Aug. 2013 Wisconsin English Second Language Institute (Madison, WI)
Midwest Teachers Training Program Certification (TEFL)
Nonacademic Professional Skills
AP Style
Social media management
Website Building Platforms: Wordpress.org & Square Space
SEO writing
Adobe Suite: Photoshop & Audition
DSLR photo and video