Ashley Walter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Courses Taught
Editing; Journalism: News Writing; Multiplatform Journalism
Education
Ph.D., Mass Communications, Pennsylvania State University
M.S., Media Arts & Technology, Duquesne University
B.A., Integrated Marketing Communication, Duquesne University
Research Interests
- Media history
- Journalism and women's labor
- Intersectional gender studies
- Gender discrimination
Publications and Media Placements
Walter, Ashley. Settling: How Women Journalists Changed U.S. Democracy and the News. Contracted with University of Massachusetts Press, book series. Forthcoming 2026.
Risley, Ford and Walter, Ashley. . Lanham, Maryland: Rowan and Littlefield, 2024.
Davis Kempton, Stefanie and Walter, Ashley. “Deadlines and due dates: The impact of
pregnancy and motherhood on working journalists from the 1950s to the 2020s.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Online first April 8, 2024.
Walter, Ashley. “Rethinking How We Collect Stories.” American Journalism 40, no. 4 (Fall 2023).
Davis Kempton, Stefanie and Walter, Ashley, , Women's Media Center.
Walter, Ashley and Andersen, Karlin. “.” American Journalism 40, no. 1 (Winter 2023).
Walter, Ashley. “.” Journal of Magazine Media 19, no. 2 (December 2019): 25-49.
Walck, Pamela and Walter, Ashley. “.” Journalism History 44, no. 4 (2019): 195-206.
Honors and Awards
- Joseph McKerns Research Grant, American Journalism Historians Association, Pittsburgh 2024
- Hazel Dicken-Garcia Research Grant, American Journalism Historians Association, Pittsburgh 2024
- Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication Fellowship, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2024.
- Second-place Top Faculty Paper Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (History Division), 2024.
- 2023 Best Article Award finalist. “All the President’s Media: How the Traditional Press Responded to New Communications Technology Adopted by US Presidents,” published in Vol. 40-1 (Winter 2023) of American Journalism.
- 50 Most Influential Aggies at Utah State University, The Statesman (student newspaper), awarded for contributions to Utah State University, 2023
- Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize (honorable mention), American Journalism Historians Association, 2023
- Maurine Beasley Award for the Outstanding Paper on Women’s History, American Journalism Historians Association, 2022
- Second-Place Top Graduate Student Paper Award, American Journalism Historians Association, 2022
- Excellence in Communications Doctoral Award, Bellisario College of Communications, 2021-2022
- Sidney and Helen Friedman Endowed Scholarship in the Bellisario College of Communications, 2020-2021
- Marlowe Froke Graduate Scholarship in Education and Public Affairs in Public Broadcasting in the Bellisario College of Communications, 2019-2020.
- Robert Lance Memorial Award for the Top Graduate Student Paper (first place), American Journalism Historians Association, 2019.
- Students’ Choice Award for Extraordinary Faculty, Community College of Allegheny County, 2019.
- Top Graduate Student Paper (first place), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Magazine Division), 2019.
- Top Podcast Guest Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (History Division), 2019.
- Elliot King Top Research-in-Progress Panel, Joint Journalism & Communication History Conference, 2019.
- Honorable Mention Wally Eberhard Award for Outstanding Paper in Media and War, American Journalism Historians Association, 2017.
- Top Graduate Student Paper (third place), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (Magazine Division), 2017.