Research Interests:
Religion, Media, Culture, Environmental Sociology, Theory, Qualitative Methods
Publications:
Josiah Kidwell and Michael Ian Borer. 2021. "The Sanctuary of the Spectacle: Megachurches and the Production of Christian Celebrities and Consumers." Journal of Media and Religion.
Seiler, Steven and Josiah Kidwell. 2016. “Defining the Mobile-Digital Situation within Perpetual Telecopresence: An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Mobile Phones on the Life-World.” Sociological Spectrum.
Research in Progress: My doctoral research explores the role media, the senses, and place attachment in megachurches
Committee Chair: Dr. Michael Ian Borer
Committee Members: Dr. David Dickens, Dr. Simon Gottschalk and Dr. Emma Frances Bloomfield