Diane Winston is an American professor of Media and Religion at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

, and an author. USC lists her current research interests as media coverage of Islam, religion and new media, and the place of religion in American identity. She received her B.A. from

Brandeis Brandeis is a surname. People *Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), Czech-born Italian painter *Brandeis Marshall, American data scientist * Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Austrian artist and Holocaust victim * Irma Brandeis, American Dante scholar * Loui ...

, a Masters in Theological Studies from

Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, gov ...

, a masters in journalism from Columbia, and her Ph.D. in religion from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. She has previously worked as a journalist at ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' in

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. She has written about the

Salvation Army Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...

, and has been interviewed by the news media about the interrelationships of religion and modern culture.Separating fact from pop-culture portrayals of polygamy
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Houston Chronicle The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. With it ...

'', May 30, 2008

Bibliography

*''Boozers, brass bands, and hallejlujah lassies: the Salvation Army and American commercial culture, 1880-1918'', Princeton University, 1996 *''Red Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army'', Harvard University Press, 2000, *Co-editor, ''Faith in the Market: Religion and the Rise of Urban Commercial Culture'', Rutgers University Press, 2002 *Editor and Author, ''Small Screen, Big Picture: Television and Lived Religion'', Baylor University Press, 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winston, Diane Living people University of Southern California faculty Harvard Divinity School alumni Brandeis University alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Princeton University alumni 1951 births