RESEARCH

My research endeavors over the last 20+ years have resulted in a variety of outcomes including publications, grants, awards, invited talks, and conference presentations. Additionally, I have produced numerous multimedia and multimodal projects resulting from these community and research partnerships. I consider my research process to be collaborative and inclusive, reflecting a community-based participatory approach.

Independent Research Endeavors

  • Morality, nationalism and religiosity: An ethnography of meat production and consumption in the Netherlands; 2018-2021.

  • The culture of culturing: Traditional practices in the fermentation of foods; 2015-2018.

  • ‘Blood-talk’: A multi-sited ethnographic research project among heritage and small-scale butchers in the Southwestern United States; 2010-2017.

  • Let’s Get Down and Derby!? A linguistic ethnography of Tucson Roller Derby; 2005-2007.

Community-Based and Applied Research Endeavors

  • Pima County Public Library - Seed Library: Community Based Participatory Research and Film Project, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Pima County Public Library, School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona; 2012-2016.

  • “The Rivers & Canyons of the Colorado: Southern Paiute Monitoring & Education” Research and Film Project, The Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The Southern Paiute Consortium, School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona; 2011.

  • Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Community Farm: Community Based Participatory Research and Film Project, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The University of Arizona; 2014-2015.

  • “Woven Together: Southern Paiute Weaving Traditions” Community Based Participatory Research and Film Project, The Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, The Southern Paiute Consortium, Zion National Park, Pipe Springs National Park; 2008-2009.

  • Pima County Public Library - ‘Welcome to the Library’ Community Based Participatory Research and Film Project: Short Educational Films in Arabic, English, Maay Maay, Nepali, Somali, & Spanish, The Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Pima County Public Library, School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona; 2012-2013.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Stinnett, Ashley and Jennifer J. Thompson. (2018). Introduction: Ethnographic accounts of ‘the middle’ in anthropological studies of (agri)culture. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment. Special Issue, 40(2). DOI: 10.1111/cuag.12172

Thompson, Jennifer J. and Ashley Stinnett. (2018). Confronting the Goldilocks Problem: Encountering “The Middle” in Anthropological Studies of Food and Agriculture. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment. Special Issue, 40(2). DOI: 10.1111/cuag.12173

Maisa C. Taha, Ashley Stinnett, and Elizabeth Peacock. (2017). A Sandrizona Retrospective: From the Desert to the Ocean and Back Again. Arizona Anthropologist. Invited.

Special Issue Editor

Stinnett, Ashley and Jennifer J. Thompson. (2018). Agriculture of the Middle. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 40(2).

 

Other Publications

Clemons, Tammy, A.J. Faas, Taylor R. Genovese, Carol Hendrickson, Alejandro Ponce De Leon, Brooke Scelza, Nancy White, Laura Zanotti, Doug Bafford, Susan Mazur-Stommen, Claire-Marie Hefner, Michael T. Balonek, and Ashley Stinnett. “What’s in Your Bag Anthropologists?” Anthropology News, July 18, 2018. DOI: 10.1111/AN.929.

Book and Film Reviews

Stinnett, Ashley. Book Review. (2019). “Eat This Book: A Carnivore’s Manifesto” by Dominique Lestel. Human Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-019-0047-x

Stinnett, Ashley. Film Review. (2018). “My Name is Salt” by Farida Pacha. General Anthropology 25(1):15.

Stinnett, Ashley. Book Review. (2018). “Real Pigs: Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork” by Brad Weiss. American Ethnologist, 45(1).

Stinnett, Ashley. Book Review. (accepted, 2018). “Language, Culture and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology” by Zdenek Salzmann, James Stanlaw, and Nobuko Adachi. Transforming Anthropology.

Journal Articles in Submission

Stinnett, Ashley (accepted). Collaborative COVID-19 Coursework: Fluid Pedagogy in the time of the Pandemic. Multimodal Anthropologies Online.

Taylor, Nicole, Louie D. Valencia-Garcia and Ashley Stinnett. (revise, resubmitted). Ethics and Images in Social Media Research. First Monday.

Books Under Contract

Stinnett, Ashley and Norma Mendoza-Denton (under contract). Multimodal Ethnographies: Teaching the Multimodal Turn in Linguistic and Visual Anthropologies. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Anticipated 2027.

Honors and Awards

2018

Annual Photo Contest Award, American Anthropological Association

2013

Outstanding Graduate/Professional Student Leadership Award, Graduate and Professional Student Council, The University of Arizona

Independent Grants (selected)

2022

2022

Community Engagement Grant, American Anthropological Association.

Potter College of Arts and Letters Quick Turn Around Grant (QTAG), Western Kentucky University.

2019

Potter College of Arts and Letters Quick Turn Around Grant (QTAG), Western Kentucky University.

2018

Research and Creative Activities Program (RCAP), Western Kentucky University.

2016

2017

2015

2014

Potter College of Arts and Letters Quick Turn Around Grant (QTAG), Western Kentucky University.

Potter College of Arts and Letters Quick Turn Around Grant (QTAG), Western Kentucky University.

Student/Faculty Interaction (SFI) Grant, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, The University of Arizona.

Student/Faculty Interaction (SFI) Grant, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, The University of Arizona.

2013

2014

2012

2018

2022

2016

2017

“Director’s Fund for Excellence,” The Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, The University of Arizona.

“Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology Dissertation Award,” School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona.

“Departmental Dissertation Research Scholarship,” School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona.

Collaborative Grants (selected)

“The Afterlife of COVID-19: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Risk and Change” (under review) Growing Convergence Research, National Science Foundation (NSF), Audra Jennings, Ashley Stinnett, Timothy Rich, and Lauren McClain.

“Language and the Courtroom: Linguistic Strategies of Prosecuting Lawyers in Assault Trials” Faculty–Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE), Western Kentucky University. Elizabeth Thomas and Ashley Stinnett.

“Visualizing Language: The Utilization of Virtual Reality and 360-Degree Videography in Creating Second-Language Environments” Faculty–Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE), Western Kentucky University.  William Childers and Ashley Stinnett.

“Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park,” Department of the Interior, National Park Service - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park. Co-PI’s: Kate Hudepohl and Brent Björkman; Senior Personnel: Ashley Stinnett, Darlene Applegate, Erika Brady, Michael Anne Williams.

“Perceptions of Muslims in the US and UK” Faculty–Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE), Western Kentucky University. Ashley Gilliam and Ashley Stinnett.

2015

“Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Mammoth Cave National Park,” Department of the Interior, National Park Service - Mammoth Cave National Park and Piedmont. Co-PI’s: Kate Hudepohl and Brent Björkman; Senior Personnel: Darlene Applegate, Erika Brady, Michael Anne Williams, Ashley Stinnett.

2015

2014

“CWS Mini-Grant,” The Commission on the Status of Women, The University of Arizona. Co-Authors: Ashley Stinnett and Jenanne Ferguson.

2013

“SBS Graduate Tuition College Stipend,” Social & Behavior Sciences Graduate College, The University of Arizona

Refereed Presentations (selected)

“Image and Ethics in Social Media Research,” Co-author- Nicole Taylor (Texas State University). The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2019.

“Virtual Reality and Immersive Environments in Applied Research: Engagements with New Methodological Approaches with Community Stakeholders,” The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2019.

“The Culture of Culturing: A Sensory Ethnography of Food Fermentation Practices 2,” The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2018.

“Visual Representations of Heritage Butchers at Work: A Photographic Exploration of Embodied Masculinities and Expertise,” Society for Visual Anthropology Visual Research Conference. 2018.

“Meat Packing in the South: Dirty Work in a Shifting Foodways Landscape,” Southern Labor Studies Association Conference. 2018.

“Stickers, Splitters, and Gutmen: Butcher Hierarchy in Small-Scale Meat Processing Facilities” The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2018.

“The Consequences of Scale in Agriculture and Food Systems,” Co-author: Jennifer Jo Thompson (UGA). The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2018.

“The Culture of Culturing: A Sensory Ethnography of Food Fermentation Practices,” The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2017.

“Visualizing Methodologies: Sensory and Applied Ethnography in Fieldwork,” Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference (DOPE). 2017.

“Why Do We Need an Anthropology of the Middle?: Framing the Discussion,” The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2016.

“From the Cut n’ Wrap to the Fabrication Floor: Heritage Butcher Discourse in a Shifting Meat Industry,” Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference (DOPE). 2016.

“Responding to Student Concerns: Strategies for Preparing Anthropology Students for the Real Job Market,” Invited Roundtable. The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2015.

“The Role of Non-Profits in Assisting with Seed Libraries” Roundtable Panel. International Seed Library Forum. Pima County Public Library – Seed Library Forum. 2015.

“Heritage Butchery in the Southwestern US: Mobile Meat Harvesting Units, Niche Meat Processors and Local Food Production,” The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2015.

“Growing Together— Las Milpitas De Cottonwood Community Farm: Community-Based Participatory Visual Research,” Film Screening. The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2015.

“My Experience in Grad School: A Round-Table Discussion on Learning Applied Anthropology,” Roundtable Participant. The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2015.

“Community-based Participatory Research in the Age of Engagement,” Co-author: Diane Austin (UA). The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2015.

“The Butcher as Cultural Trope: A Language Network Analysis of Small-Scale Butcher Narratives and Public Discourses,” The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2014.

“Developing and Sustaining a Community-Based Participatory Research and Engagement Program,” Co-Author: Diane Austin (UA). Midwest Political Science Association Conference. 2014.

“A Visual Ethnography: The (almost) Lost Art of Heritage Butchery,” Film Screening; The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2014.

“An Introduction - Practical Applications of Collaborative Applied Research: Pima County Public Library - Welcome to the Library project,” The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2014.

“Applied Visual Anthropology & Community-Based Participatory Research: A Case Study of the Pima County Public Library’s ‘Welcome to the Library’ Project,” The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2014.

“Everyday Talk Among US Butchers: Heritage Butchery as a Return to the Past,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2013.

“Pima County Public Library – Seed Library Community-Based Participatory Research: Sowing the Seeds of Community Through Seed Saving and Seed Sharing,” Co-Author: Justine Hernandez (Pima County Public Library). American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2013.

“The (Almost) Lost Art of Heritage Butchery,” Film Screening; The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2013.

“Pima County Public Library – Seed Library Participatory Video Ethnography: Sowing the Seeds of Community-Based Research,” Co-authors: Justine Hernandez (Pima County Public Library) and Kenneth Kokroko (UA). The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2013.

“Butcher Expertise: A Language Network Analysis of Stance Construction Through Occupational Training,” NetSci 2012: International Conference on Network Science – Northwestern University. 2012.

“Community-Based Video Production: Boundaries of Representation and Expectation,” The Society for Applied Anthropology Conference. 2012.

“'Blood-talk' in Popular Media: An Exploration of Blood Libel and Anti-Semitic Discourse,” Sandrizona Workshop and Conference, University of Arizona. 2011.

“The Southern Paiute Weaving Project: Producing a Collaborative Film,” Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. 2010.

“Let’s Get Down and Derby!”: Multivocality and the Tucson Roller Derby, Examples from a Women’s Grassroots Sports Organization,” Sandrizona Workshop and Conference. University of California, San Diego, CA. 2010.

“Interdisciplinary Filmmaking: Linguistics, Anthropology, & Genetics,” Linguistic Society of America Conference. 2010.

“Southern Paiute Weaving Traditions: Producing a Collaborative Film,” The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2009.

“Kirtan: Chanting as Materiality” Arizona Linguistics and Anthropology Symposium, The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2008.

“Let’s Get Down and Derby!” Multivocality and the Tucson Roller Derby, a Grassroots Women’s Sports Organization,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2008.

Keynote Presentations

“Crosslingpology: Applying Linguistic Anthropology Across Disciplines and Subfields,” Sandrizona X Workshop and Conference, University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ (funded). 2017.

Invited Workshops

“Virtual Reality Video Methodology Workshop,” Discourse Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles (funded). 2022.

“Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Initiative in a Visual Context,” Community Engagement Research Group, University of Georgia, Athens (funded). 2017.

“Ethnographic Audio and Video Workshop,” School of Anthropology, University of Arizona. 2017.

“Ethnographic Film & Data Collection,” Active Research Methods (ARM) Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Akron, Ohio (funded). 2013.

“Recording & Videotaping Ethnographic Interviews,” Department of English, University of Texas, Austin (funded). 2008.

Professional Workshops

“Applied Visual Ethnography” Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting (postponed due to COVID). 2020.

“Applied Visual Ethnography” Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2017.

 

Panels Organized

Applied Visual Anthropology: Explorations in Multimedia Methodologies. The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. Session Chair & Organizer. 2019.

Intersections of Working-Class Occupations in the Field of ‘Dirty Work.’ The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. Session Chair & Organizer. 2018.

Confronting the Goldilocks Problem: (Re-)discovering the Middle in Anthropological Studies of Food and Agriculture. The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2016.

Small-scale, Big Data: A Network Science Approach to Producing Anthropology in Small-Scale Food Systems. The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2014.

Community-Based Participatory Research in a Visual Context: A Visual Ethnographic Approach to Refugee and Immigrant Services and its Application in the Pima County Public Library ‘Welcome to the Library’ Project. The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2014.

Community-Based Film Production: Power, Representation, and Process. The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. 2009.

Campus & Departmental Presentations

“VR Cycles: A Two Wheeling Exploration of Amsterdam,” Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology Brown Bag, Western Kentucky University. 2019.

“Small-Scale Heritage Butchers: Masculinity, Morality and Mediation in the Workplace” Genderations Speaker Series, Gender and Women’s Studies, Department of Diversity and Community Studies, Western Kentucky University. 2017.

“The Social Life of Blood & Butchers: Stigmatizing Cultural & Linguistic Tropes,” Anthropology Club Lecture. Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green, KY. 2016.

“Growing Together: Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Community Farm” Film Premiere Screening. School of Anthropology Centennial – 10,000 Years of Eating in the Southwest. Arizona State Museum. The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2015.

“The (Almost) Lost Art of Heritage Butchery” The Human Appetite: A Symposium on Food and Anthropology. School of Anthropology Centennial – Anthropology of Food and Nutrition: Linking the Subfields. The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2015.

“The Social Life of Blood and Butchers: Circulation of Cultural and Linguistic Tropes” School of Anthropology Lecture Series. The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2015.

“Corpus Linguistics and Language Networks in R” Department of Linguistics Colloquium. The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2014.

“Death as Work: Discourses of Death and Dying from the Perspective of Small-Scale Butchers” Discourses on Death: Contextualizing Grief, Loss, and Transformative Interaction Conference. School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ 2014..

“Anthropological Fieldwork & Feminist Concerns: Advice, Experience & Opportunity - A Roundtable Event” Feminist Linguistic Anthropology Roundtable (FLAR) Event. Co-organized with Jenanne Ferguson. The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2014.

“Pima County Public Library – Seed Library: Instructional Video Screening” Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology Intern Research and Outreach Symposium, School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2013.

“A Roundtable Event for Faculty and Graduate Students in Linguistics and Linguistic Anthropology” Feminist Linguistic Anthropology Roundtable (FLAR) Event. Co-organized with Maisa Taha. The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2013.

“Tribute to Jane H. Hill” The “I ❤️ Jane H. Hill” Conference. School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2009.

“Woven Together: Southern Paiute Weaving Traditions” School of Anthropology Lecture Series, The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2009.

“Indonesian Origins: Genes Languages & Culture,” School of Anthropology Lecture Series, The University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ. 2007.