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Ohio Field School article in Journal of Folklore & Education
Congratulations to Drs. Borland, Patterson, and Waugh-Quasebarth on their recent publication about the Ohio Field School in the Journal of Folklore and Education's special issue on Teaching for…

Alumna, Dr. Hathaway, publishes Mountaineers are Always Free
Congratulations to CFS Alumna, Dr. Rosemary Hathaway (English Department at West Virginia University), who recently published her book, Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage,…

Covid Conversations Podcast Launches!
Episode #1 of the CFS’s new podcast, Covid Conversations: Life in a Time of Corona, is LIVE! It features two wordsmiths and artists - Omope Daboiku who lives in Dayton,…

Dr. Nancy Yan interviews Dr. Rachel Gonzàlez for New Books in Folklore Podcast
Congratulations to alumna, Dr. Nancy Yan, and OSU-IU Student Conference keynote speaker, Dr. Rachel Gonzàlez, on their recent podcast episode for New Books in Folklore! “In this podcast, we talk…

Welcome Message from CFS Director, Dr. Katherine Borland
Greetings Folklorists and Allies,
It is my pleasure to welcome you back to campus (sort of) for what will certainly be an unusual year. The volatility of the virus as well as the…

Congratulations Dr. Estiri!
During this peculiar summer of 2020, Ehsan Estiri finished and defended his Dissertation, Talking Back to America: Discursive Processes in Iranian Angelino Public Events (see…

Congratulations, Dr. Jacobs!
Congratulations to Dr. Tessa Jacobs, who has just defended her timely dissertation, _Fire on Mountain Drive: Community Dynamics and Personal Narrative in a Wildfire-Prone Landscape_. Tessa…

Dr. Schoon receives GAH+DT Covid-19 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Schoon (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) who, along with Harmony Bench (Dance), Yana Hashamova (Slavic), and Hannah Kosstrin (Dance), received a Global Arts +…

Congratulations, Dr. Young!
We are delighted to announce that Nathan Young has successfully defended his dissertation, entitled Modernity’s Other: Nostalgia for Village Life in Turkey, an exploration of the many…