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Merrill Kaplan and Mintzi Martínez-Rivera

Folklorist Promotion News

We have news about our team: Merrill Kaplan, the director for the Center for Folklore Studies, has been promoted to Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies. Our CFS Affiliate, Dr. Mintzi…

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Dr. Mark Bender Delivers 2026 Richard M. Dorson Folklore Lecture at Indiana University

Professor Mark Bender, (Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and affiliate of the Center for Folklore Studies), presented the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture in the Department of…

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Folklore Reading Room Autumn Business Hours

The folklore reading room (Hagerty 455A) is now open during specific hours for the autumn semester. These are the standard open hours through the end of the semester:
Mondays: 9 am – 5 pm

the recipients of the 2025 distinguished staff awards standing on stairs

Puja Batra-Wells Receives 2025 Distinguished Staff Award

Congratulations to OSU folklore alumna Puja Batra-Wells on receiving a 2025 Distinguished Staff Award. Puja is currently the Associate Director of the the Global Arts + Humanities office.

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Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Visiting Assistant Prof in Folklore, Department of Comparative Studies
Professor Emeritus