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Heidi A. Campbell

Professor, Texas A&M University

Heidi Campbell is a professor of communication at Texas A&M University, as well as affiliate faculty in Religious Studies, a Presidential Impact Fellow at Texas A&M and director of the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies. Her research focuses on how religion is translated and transformed by digital cultures and the influence of digital and mobile technologies on Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. She holds a master of theology and a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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