Ashon Crawley

Ashon Crawley, 2014

Ashon T. Crawley is an American scholar of religion, author, and multidisciplinary artist. He is Professor of Religious Studies and African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia and author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility on aesthetics and performance as modes of social imagination,[1][2][3][4] and The Lonely Letters, an epistolary, semi-autobiographical work on love, blackness, mysticism, and quantum theory.[5][6] The Lonely Letters won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction[7] and the Believer Book Award for nonfiction[8] Crawley is currently working on two books about the Hammond Organ’s historical role in the Black Church and social life.[9][10]

Education

Crawley earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003, then received a master of theological studies from Emory University in 2007.[10] In 2013, completed his PhD at Duke University.[10]

Bibliography

Awards and honors

Year Award Result Ref.
2019 Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award Winner [11]
2020 Believer Book Award for Nonfiction Winner [8]
2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction Winner [7]

References

  1. ^ Scott, Mikana (2017-07-01). "Book Review: Blackpentecostal breath: The aesthetics of possibility". Journal of Black Studies. 48 (5): 528–531. doi:10.1177/0021934717706973. ISSN 0021-9347. S2CID 152085028. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. ^ Shelley, Braxton (2020-02-29). "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility". Yale Journal of Music & Religion. 5 (2). doi:10.17132/2377-231X.1183. ISSN 2377-231X. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. ^ Félix-Jäger, Steven (2017-01-01). "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility, written by Ashon T. Crawley". Pneuma. 39 (3): 391–394. doi:10.1163/15700747-03903007. ISSN 0272-0965. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  4. ^ Johnson, Jasmine (2017). "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility by Ashon Crawley (review)". Dance Research Journal. 49 (2): 109–111. doi:10.1017/S0149767717000274. ISSN 1940-509X. S2CID 193934828.
  5. ^ Chevan, Jesse (Spring 2020). "View of Crawley, Ashon. 2020. The Lonely Letters. Durham: Duke University Press. | Current Musicology". Current Musicology. 106. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ Pak, Yumi (2020). "The Lonely Letters by Ashon T. Crawley (review)". American Studies. 59 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1353/ams.2020.0017. ISSN 2153-6856. S2CID 242439770. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2021 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  8. ^ a b "2020 Believer Book Award Winners and Finalists". Believer Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  9. ^ "| Department of Religious Studies". religiousstudies.as.virginia.edu. University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Ashon Thomas Crawley • Faculty Directory". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  11. ^ "Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award Winners". American Musicological Society. Retrieved 2022-01-10.