Public Essays

“George Floyd’s killing is changing how some white evangelicals talk about race.” Washington Post, August 11, 2020.

“The racial demons that help explain evangelical support for Trump.” Vox, April 30, 2018.

“Louis C.K.’s apology is imperfect. But it is still important.” Washington Post, November 14, 2017.

“A more nuanced approach to painful parts of Colorado history,” Denver Post, June 9, 2017, with Billy J. Stratton.

“The ‘pussyhats’ (and other things) make protests fun—which keeps people coming back,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, February 22, 2016.

“Rodeo in the Rain – American Politics and Religion in the 2016 Presidential Race.” Political Theology Today, March 29, 2016.

“Does the 2016 Election Mark the End of White Christian America?” Political Theology Today, August 25, 2016.

“No, Trump’s anti-Muslim Proposals Aren’t anti-American. They’re Just the Latest Entries in a History of American Religious and Racial Persecution,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post, December 15, 2015.

“White Kids Will Be Kids,” The Pacific Standard Magazine, December 17, 2014.

“Lessons from the John Evans Panel,” Denver Post, December 10, 2014.

“Commemorating a Massacre: Lessons for Political Scientists,” The New West: Official Blog of the Western Political Science Association, November 24

Selected Presentations

2018
“Hardly Living but Very Much Alive: Contemporary Employments of Zombie in Political Realtime,” Western Political Science Association, Activism and Policy section, March 29.

Nancy Wadsworth presenting at film forum at the University of Denver 2014

2017
“Unsettling a Founding Myth: Reflections of the DU John Evans Study Committee,” Association for Conflict Resolution, Dallas, Texas, October 13.

“Dude, Seriously? On the Dirty, Dirty Magic of Bromantic Comedies.” For Denver Museum of Contemporary Art “Three Things” series, June 8.

2017
“Confronting Amnesia as Scholarly Practice,” Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC., April 15.

2016
“Topics to (Stop) Avoiding at Dinner: Race, Religion, and U.S. Politics,” Colby Community College, April 5, 2016, and Flathead Community College, March 9-10, 2016.

“Merle Haggard: Branded Man,” for Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Mixed Taste: Lectures on Unrelated Subjects, August 5.

2015
“Herbert Marcuse Stalks ‘The Walking Dead.” Association for Political Theory. Boulder, CO.

2014
“Niccolo Machiavelli and the Current Moment,” Best of Mixed Taste Lecture Series, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, August 21.

2013
“Of Milestones and Millstones: Religion-Race Intersectionality in the 2012 Presidential Election,” Intersectionality Section Panel, Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, CA.

“Evangelicals and the Politics of Racial Healing,” DU Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Faculty Lecture Series

“Bucking Up to the Dark Side: The Shadow in Carl Jung,” Mixed Taste Exhibition for Museum Directors, Museum of Contemporay Art, Denver, October 22.

2012
“Thomas Jefferson: Of Genius and Contradiction,” Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Tag Team Lectures on Unrelated Subjects

2011
“Tammy Wynette: Floating Adhesions,” Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Tag Team Lectures on Unrelated Subjects

2010
“Could This Be Political Anthropology? Reflections on Studying Evangelical Subcultures,” Qualitative Methods Panel, American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C.

“Connecting Faith and Race in American Political Life: The Case of the Islamic Center Controversy,” Colorado School of Mines Hennebach Lecture.

2010
“Deep Intersectionality in California’s Same-Sex Marriage Battles: A Complex Proposition,” Race, Marital Norms, and Legal Enforcements Workshop, Critical Race Studies Symposium, UCLA School of Law.

2010
“Bridging Racial Change: Political Orientations in the Evangelical Multiracial Church Movement,” Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA

Media Appearances

Interview on sexual misconduct in the news, Politics Unplugged, The Denver Channel, November 19, 2017.

Interview, Colorado State of Mind, Rocky Mountain PBS, November 11, 2014.

Interview, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, November 3, 2014 (John Evans Committee)

“DU Report Concludes Culpability for Sand Creek Massacre,” 9News, November 3, 2014.