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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…
Toy wins Lynd Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Margaret Lynd Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Associate went to Caroline Toy for her outstanding work in writing instruction, in integrating fan studies…
Craycraft wins Bjornson Prize
Congratulations to Sarah Craycraft, who won the Richard Bjornson Prize for best essay by a graduate student for her paper “The Mule as Motif in the Ohio Valley Research Project,” based on a…
Ohio Habla podcast featured on WOSU
Congratulations to Associated Faculty member, Dr. Elena Foulis (Spanish & Portuguese), and her student, Adriana Ponce De Leon, who spoke about the Ohio Habla! podcast on WOSU! Listen to…
Remembering Rubén Castillo Herrera
We Are the Stories We Tell: Remembering Rubén Herrera
By Dr. Elena Foulis
I started documenting Latina/o/x life in Ohio in 2014 to archive the stories of our community. I wanted to…
Folklore Alumna returns to OSU!
Alison Furlong (PhD in Ethnomusicology 2015) has returned to OSU as the new project coordinator for the American Religious Sounds Project. Prior to her grad work in ethnomusicology and folklore,…
Foulis receives Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer
Elena Foulis, senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has received the Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer, which annually recognizes up to six…
Dr. Kaplan featured on Dept. of English's Obsession Stories Series
Dr. Kaplan is featured on the Department of English's Obsession Story series--read all about it!