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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!

Position Announcement: Public Folklore Postdoc at OSU Center for Folklore Studies
The Center for Folklore Studies (CFS), within the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University, seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher in Public Folklore to join our team. The College…