Andrea Stanton is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Senior Associate Dean for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Denver.

She is the 2021 Director of the Korbel School's Center for Middle East Studies and an affiliate faculty member there, as well as co-director of the joint RLGS-Korbel graduate certificate in Religion and International Affairs.

Her research is split between Middle Eastern history/media history and Islamic studies/digital religion. She focuses on the impact of mass and social media on national and social identities in the Middle East and among Muslims around the world. Her teaching introduces the study of Islam to undergraduate and graduate students.

Stanton being interviewed for an Al Jazeera feature, October 2016

2021

Lived Religion in the Digital Age Research Fellowship, St. Louis University

2020

“Expanding Core Strengths in Middle East Studies”, Department of Education UISFL Program

"Religious Literacy & Interreligious Work Across Three Denver Universities", Interfaith Youth Core Campus Innovation Grant

2019

"Radio and Decolonization in the 20th Century", National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar (lead PI)

2016

American Academy of Religion Regional Development Grant, “Islamic Studies in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains Conference” (PI)

Kathleen Connolly-Weinert Leader of the Year Award, Theta Alpha Kappa

“Connecting the Wireless World: Writing Global Radio History”, Leverhulme Trust (co-investigator)

2014

"Teaching Interconnected Histories of the Mediterranean", National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute (co-PI)

2013

Interfaith Course Development Grant, Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations, Merrimack College (external)

Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Joint Ph.D. Program

Public Education for Peacebuilding Support Grant, United States Institute of Peace / Institute of International Education (external)

2021-2022 Courses:

Islam

2020-2021 Courses:

Common Figures in the Bible and Qur'an

Muslims and Identities in Europe

Islam and United States Politics

2019-2020 Courses:

Common Figures in the Bible and Qur'an

Islam in the United States

Pedagogy and the Teaching of Religion

2018-2019 Courses:

Islam and Gender

Introduction to Islam

Islamic Empires

Stanton emphasizes issues of social justice and intercultural competence, using evidence-based research to support her teaching.

University of Denver Internationalization Council, Fall 2014 – Spring 2017, Fall 2021-

Co-Chair, CAHSS Staff Support Advisory Task Force, Summer-Fall 2021

University Budget Advisory Committee, member, Spring 2021-

CAHSS Teaching Capacity and Equity Committee, member, Winter-Spring 2021

Chair, Center for World Languages and Culture Director Search Committee, Fall 2020

Chair, Gender & Women’s Studies Faculty Promotion Committee, Fall 2020-Winter 2021

CAHSS Dean Search Committee, member, Fall 2020-Winter 2021

University Financial Scenarios & Solutions Task Force, member, Summer 2020-Winter 2021

Chair, University “Anti-Melt” (Student Persistence) Task Force, Summer 2020

University Strategic Plan Implementation Steering Committee, Fall 2018-

            Organic Pilot Projects Proposal Review Committee, Winter 2020-

International Student Experience Working Group, Fall 2019-

DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program Committee, Fall 2016 - Spring 2019, Fall 2020-

University of Denver Graduate Council, Fall 2017-    

Gender & Women's Studies Executive Committee, Fall 2015 - Spring 2018

AHSS Elected Faculty Committee, Spring 2013 - Spring 2017

Undergraduate Adviser, Fall 2011-Fall 2017

Theta Alpha Kappa, Faculty Adviser, Fall 2012 –

Email: andrea.stanton@du.edu

Twitter: @andrealstanton

Stanton interviewed on CNN in 2015 for a story about women from Europe and North America who were coaxed into joining ISIS in Syria