Amanda J. Crawford is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut where she teaches journalism law and ethics. Her current research focuses on mass shooting denialism, the media’s role in perpetuating misinformation, and the impact on efforts to prevent gun violence. She is a 2020-21 fellow at the UConn Humanities Institute working on a book about the conspiracy theory surrounding the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the fight against misinformation in the years since. She has recently presented research on how news coverage of mass shootings has contributed to  misinformation and written about the defamation trial of an academic-turned-mass shooting denier for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Crawford is a former reporter for Bloomberg News, The Arizona Republic and The Baltimore Sun, and she has been published widely by many other outlets including Businessweek, People, National Geographic, and Phoenix Magazine. As a reporter, Crawford covered mass shootings and other incidents of gun violence, followed efforts to reform state and national gun laws, and investigated the trafficking and production of firearms. She held previous faculty appointments in the journalism schools at Western Kentucky University and Arizona State University, where she earned her master of mass communication degree.