Ivy Ashe

Ivy Ashe is a full-time faculty member in the SCMS and joined the department in the summer of 2022. Her areas of research include media and geography, tourism and journalism, visual journalism, self-presentation on social media, and journalism roles/functions.

As a former community news reporter and photographer, she is deeply invested in research that investigates the role journalism plays in structuring the public’s sense of place, particularly places best known as a tourist or seasonal destinations. “I use mixed methods in my work, focusing on interviews, surveys, and textual analyses.” Ashe received her  Ph.D. in Journalism and Media from the University of Texas at Austin and her M.A. in photojournalism from the University of Missouri- Columbia. She grew up on the Gulf Coast in Naples and Bonita Springs. In her free time, Ashe likes to do indoor rock climbing, film photography, and gardening. One fun fact about Ashe is that she has a senior rescue cat named Happy Jones who has visited 19 states and three national parks!