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- PhD, Potchefstroom University
- MA, University of Western Ontario
- BEd, University of Toronto
- BA, University of Western Ontario
Operating primarily within the field of Sociology of Religion but with occasional forays into Communication Studies, Dr. Haskell’s teaching and research focuses on religion in Canada, media in Canada, and religion and media in Canada.
Before academia, Dr. Haskell was a journalist. He started as a print features writer and later moved to TV working as a reporter in London, Windsor, and Waterloo Region. He has received awards from TV Ontario and the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for his news reporting. Just prior to joining the faculty at Laurier's Brantford campus in 2005, he spent four years as a professor of Journalism at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He has also enjoyed careers as a high school teacher, professional musician and motivational speaker.
Dr. Haskell’s current research interest is growth and decline in Canada's churches and religious engagement of youth. He has also published on the news media’s portrayal and perceptions of Evangelicals, sermon content and analysis, religious marketing via internet, religious youth rallies.
Full-text versions of several of his published articles can be found at academia.edu.
I am willing to supervise graduate students in the areas of religion and media and contemporary Christianity in Canada.
Books authored:
- Through a lens darkly: How the news media perceive and portray Evangelicals (Toronto, ON: Clements Academic, 2009).
Chapters in books:
- "Sun News a move in the “right” direction," in R.J. Brym (ed), New Society, 7th Edition (Toronto: Nelson, 2013).
- “What's in a name?: The use of the term fundamentalist Christian in Canadian television news”, in S. Hoover & N. Kavina (eds), Fundamentalisms and the Media (New York, NY: Continuum, 2009) pp. 109-125.
Papers in refereed journals:
- Flatt, Kevin, Haskell, D.M., & Burgoyne, S. (2018). Secularization and Attribution: How Mainline Protestant Clergy and Congregants Explain Church Growth and Decline. Sociology of Religion, 79(1): 78–107.
- Burgoyne, Stephanie, Flatt, K., and Haskell, D.M. (2017). Going the Extra Mile: The Impact of Theological Orientation and Other Congregational Factors on the Drive Times of Growing and Declining Church Attendees. Journal of Cultural Geography, 34 (3): 324-351.
- Haskell, D.M., Burgoyne, S., Flatt, K. (2016). Factors Influencing Church Choice: An Exploration of Responses from New Attendees at Growing Canadian Mainline Churches. Canadian Review of Sociology, 53(4): 409-436.
- Haskell, D.M., Flatt, K., Burgoyne, S. (2016). Theology Matters: Comparing the Traits of Growing and Declining Mainline Protestant Church Attendees and Clergy. Review of Religious Research, 58(4): 515-541.
- Haskell, D.M., Burgoyne, S. Flatt, K. (2016). Mainline Denominational Switching in Canada: Comparing the religious trajectories of growing and declining church attendees. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 41(4): https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/cjs/index.php/cjs/article/view/25450
- Flatt, K. and Haskell, D.M. (Spring 2016). Participant Experiences at a Charismatic Catholic Youth Rally: What Happens When Participant Socialization and Organizer Intentions Don’t Match? Religious Education,111(2): 137-152
- D. Millard Haskell and Kevin Flatt. (2015). The Reported Impact of a Mainline Protestant Youth Rally and a Charismatic-Evangelical Youth Rally on Attendees’ Religious Faith. Journal of Youth Ministry, 13(2): 21-53.
- (2013). The theological meaning of Jesus’ resurrection: A content analysis of mainline and conservative Protestant Easter Sunday sermons. Journal of Empirical Theology, 25(2): 205-235.
- Haskell, D.M., Flatt, K., Lathangue, R. (2012). Measuring the Effectiveness of a Church’s Off-line and On-line Marketing Campaign: The Case of the United Church of Canada’s WonderCafe. Journal of Communication and Religion, 35(2): 172-201.
- (2011). “What we have here is a failure to Communicate…”: Same-sex marriage, Evangelicals and the Canadian news media. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 23(3): 311-329.
- (2010). Evangelicals’ public face: Reflections on a flawed reflection. Evangelical Review of Society and Politics, 4(1): 42-58.
- Haskell, D.M., Paradis, K., Burgoyne, S., (2008). Defending the faith: Reaction to The DaVinci Code, The Jesus Papers, The Gospel of Judas and other pop culture discourses in Easter Sunday sermons. Review of Religious Research, 50(2): 139-156.
- (2007). News media influence on non-Evangelicals’ perceptions of Evangelical Christians: A case study. Journal of Media and Religion, 6(3): 153-179.
- (2007). Evangelical Christians in Canadian national television news, 1994-2004: A frame analysis. Journal of Communication and Religion, 30(1): 118-152.
To see full text samples of publications and essays in the popular press please visit academia.edu.
Haskell Essay (2018, June 25). Why Lindsay Shepherd is Suing Wilfrid Laurier University. Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/06/25/why-lindsay-shepherd-is-suing-wilfrid-laurier-university.html
Haskell Essay (2018, Feb. 12). Criticism of Religious Groups is Good for Religion. Vancouver Sun:
http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-criticism-of-religious-groups-is-good-for-religion
Haskell Essay (2018, Jan. 18). Trudeau is Asking Canadians to Betray Their Conscience for Federal Funding. CBC News:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/summer-jobs-program-1.4491602
Haskell Essay (2017, Dec. 13) Words Lose Their Meaning at Wilfrid Laurier University. Quillette Magazine:
http://quillette.com/2017/12/13/words-lose-meaning-wilfrid-laurier-university/
Haskell Essay (2017, Nov. 15). Suppressing TVO Video, Stifling Free Speech is making Wilfrid Laurier Unsafe. Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2017/11/15/suppressing-tvo-video-stifling-free-speech-is-making-wilfrid-laurier-unsafe.html
Haskell Essay (2017, Oct 30). The Future is Female: What’s to Become of the Boys? Vancouver Sun & Ottawa Citizen:
http://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-the-future-is-female-whats-to-become-of-the-boys
Haskell Essay (2017, Oct. 28). Fight Against Modern Cultural Marxists Evokes Martin Luther’s 95 Theses. Vancouver Province & Hamilton Spectator & K-W Record:
http://theprovince.com/opinion/op-ed/david-millard-haskell-fight-against-modern-cultural-marxists-evokes-martin-luthers-95-theses
Haskell Essay (2017, Jun. 4). The New Institutionalized Racism. Toronto Sun:
http://torontosun.com/2017/06/04/the-new-institutionalized-racism/wcm/acd62e83-3ed6-483d-b9fc-3129d60887c8
Haskell Essay (2017, Mar. 16). Free Speech at University Under Attack…. Again. Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2017/03/16/free-speech-at-university-under-attack-again.html
Haskell Essay (2017, Jan. 4). Liberal Churches are Dying but Conservative are Thriving. Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/04/liberal-churches-are-dying-but-conservative-churches-are-thriving/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b81a0559bd55
Haskell Essay (2016, Dec. 10). A Recipe for Church Growth. Weekly Standard:
https://www.weeklystandard.com/david-millard-haskell/the-recipe-for-church-growth
Haskell Essay (2016, Dec. 5). How to Grow a Church—Some Liberals Might Not Like the Answer. Globe & Mail:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/how-to-grow-a-church-some-liberals-might-not-like-the-answer/article33207264/
Haskell Essay (2016, Oct. 18). Revisiting Free Speech Debate on Campus. Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/10/18/revisiting-free-speech-debate-on-campus.html
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Languages spoken: English