Bath Spa University（英国）的高级讲师，是媒体传播和创意媒体实践学位课程的授课教师。他重点研究文化和创意产业工作，在这个领域的期刊上发表多篇文章，包括：Convergence；Journal of Cultural Economy；Journal of Education and Work；European Journal of Cultural Studies。他是Cultural Work and Higher Education的联合编辑。Department of Film，Media and Creative Computing，School of Humanities and Cultural Industries，Bath Spa University，Bath，UK.Email：d.ashton@bathspa.ac.uk.