Ashley Wells

Ashley Wells is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Utahah State University, where she teaches composition and creative writing. She is based in the Logan campus, with her office located in RWST 312F. Her academic work bridges literary scholarship with cultural critique and pedagogy.

Her research interests span a diverse range of interdisciplinary topics. These include creative nonfiction, cowgirl narratives in pop-culture, representation in comics, resistance songs, and the rhetoric of conservation. She also engages in writing center research, contributing to pedagogical discourse on writing support in higher education. Her work often explores themes of gender, power, identity, and the mythologized American West.

The trends in her publications reflect a strong commitment to public and personal scholarship. Her writings appear in both literary and cultural platforms such as Connotation Press, Women in Higher Education, and Jezebel, indicating a blend of academic rigor and accessible cultural commentary. Her work frequently employs narrative as a tool for social critique and recovery of marginalized voices.

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She advises students in creative writing and composition, though specific advisees are not listed. There is no mention of grants or funded research projects. Her scholarly output emphasizes personal and cultural narratives, particularly through the lens of gender and representation.

Ashley Wells is also the author of The Cowgirl and The Racehorse: A Recovery, a book that interweaves personal experience with critical analysis of cowgirl stories, the whitewashing of Western history, and structures of power.