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Dr. Randhawa will be Visiting Assistant Professor
Congratulations to recent folklore PhD, Amanda Randhawa, who will be a Visiting Assistant Professor in World Religions and Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies at Ohio University for the 2019-…

Nicole Nieto named 2019 Glass Breaker!
Congratulations to CFS alumna, Dr. Nicole Nieto, who was named one of the Glass Breakers of 2019 by the President & Provost's Council on Women! Glass Breakers shines a spotlight on…

Congratulations, Tony!
Tony Maggio (undergraduate minor in Folklore) is the winner of this year's Daniel R. Barnes Award for best undergraduate student paper. The reviewers had the following to say about Tony's essay,…

Craycraft receives dissertation fellowship
Sarah Craycraft received a research fellowship from the American Institute for Southeast European Studies to support her dissertation research on youth participation in rural…

Ohio Field School receives $15K GAH+DT Grant
The Center for Folklore Studies was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme to support the spring 2020 Ohio Field School in Perry County, Ohio. This award is…

Cobb wins 2019 Mullen Award
Congratulations to Emma Cobb (Comparative Studies) who has been awarded the 2019 Patrick B. Mullen Award for best graduate student paper!
The review committee sent the following comments…

Ohio Field Schools awarded Connect & Collaborate Grant
The Center for Folklore Studies' Ohio Field School initiative has been awarded $26,035 from Ohio State's Connect & Collaborate grant, which is administered by the Office of Outreach and…

CFS receives Public Narrative Collaborative grant
The Center for Folklore Studies received a grant from the Public Narrative Collaborative and the Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme to commission Molly Rideout for the Portsmouth Public Writing…

Cobb wins Graduate Student Service Award
The Graduate Student Service Award for service to the Comparative Studies Department and its Students goes to Emma Cobb. Emma worked throughout the year as student rep to the graduate…