Nancy Wadsworth
Professor
What I do
I am an Americanist political scientist who focuses primarily at the intersections of American politics and popular culture, and author of Ambivalent Miracles: Evangelicals and the Politics of Racial Healing (U of Virginia Press, 2014). My subfield interests include race and religion in U.S. political life; social movements; political theory; Native American political history; reconciliation and conflict resolution; and climate politics and activism.Professional Biography
Born and raised in California, I have called Colorado my home state since 1991. My undergraduate degrees (Political Thought and Women's Studies) are from the University of California at Santa Cruz. I earned my graduate degrees at the Graduate Faculty at New School for Social Research in New York City, and completed a two-year postdoctoral Carnegie Mellon research fellowship at Cornell University. I have been teaching at the University of Denver since 2004.
Degree(s)
- Ph.D., Political Science/American Politics, New School for Social Research, 2001
- MA, New School for Social Research, 1995
- BA, Modern Society & Social Thought/Women's Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1986
Professional Affiliations
- American Political Science Association
- Western Political Science Association
- Association for Political Theory
- American Studies Association
Featured Publications
Presentations
(2019). "Rwanda in the Wake of Genocide: Stretching to Understand the Unfathomable". Radical Forgiveness, Imagination, and Justice in our Teaching. SIE Center, University of Denver: Office of Teaching and Learning.
. (2017). Confronting Historical Amnesia as Scholarly Praxis. Western Political Science Association. Vancouver, BC.
. (2015). "Marcuse Stalks the Walking Dead". Association for Political Theory Annual Conference. Boulder, Colorado: Association for Political Theory.
. (2016). "The DU John Evans Study Committee Report: Its Context, Challenges, and Impact". Violence and Settler Colonialism Class.
. (2017). Dude, Seriously? On the Dirty, Dirty Magic of Romantic Comedies. "Three Things" Series. Denver MCA: Denver Museum of Contemporary Art.
. Awards
- Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence (DAFE), AHSS Dean's Office
- University of Denver Faculty Service Award, Faculty Senate
- "Best Badass Professor", Clarion Magazine