Ashley Donnelly
Ashley Donnelly
Professor in Department of Media

Phone:765-285-1480

Room:LB 275


Dr. Ashley Donnelly is a Full Professor of Media at Ball State University. She is the author of Renegade Hero or Faux Rogue: The Secret Traditionalism of Television Bad Boys (2014), Subverting Mainstream Narratives in the Reagan Era: Giving Power to the People (2017), and co-author of Michael Mann’s Manhunter (2020).

She has published numerous articles and given a variety of presentations around the country. A media theorist, her work is based in cultural and critical theory and focuses on contemporary American popular culture, primarily in regards to gender, capitalism, and socio-political criticism.


Course Schedule
Course No. Term Level Hours Location
Writing for Electronic Media: Scriptwriting [syllabus] MDIA 206.31 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 1.0 Lecture
Writing for Electronic Media: Scriptwriting [syllabus] MDIA 206.32 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 1.0 Lecture
Writing for Electronic Media: Scriptwriting [syllabus] MDIA 206.33 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 1.0 Lecture
Television Studies [syllabus] MDIA 307.1 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture
History of Documentary Film [syllabus] MDIA 365.1 Fall 2025 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture