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Congratulations Dr. Bahl!
Congratulations to Dr. Erin Bahl, who defended her dissertation “Refracting Webtexts: Invention and Design in Composing Multimodal Scholarship” this afternoon, with a committee composed of…Alum, Thurston, produces podcast about Noyes' Humble Theory
Dr. Timothy Thurston, Lecturer in Chinese Studies at University of Leeds, conducted an interview with Dr. Dorothy Noyes for the New Books in Folklore podcast series. They discuss Dr. Noyes'…

Danielle Schoon awarded Common Reading Grant
Danielle V. Schoon was awarded a Common Reading Grant from UCAT for the Spring 2018 semester to support her facilitation of a book group. Faculty from NELC, Comp Studies, and Cultural Geography…
Rachel Hopkin publishes article
Rachel Hopkin's essay entitled "Poetics and Pâtisserie: Multilayered Performances of Croissants” has just been published in volume 22, issue 7 of Performance Research.…

Caroline Toy Publishes Article!
Caroline Toy has published an article in the Journal of Fandom Studies, entitled "Constructing the fannish place: Ritual and sacred space in a Sherlock fan pilgrimage." Congratulations, Caroline…

Elena Foulis records new podcast episode for Ohio Habla
Elena Foulis recorded a new episode for the podcast Ohio Habla featuring Ana Puga, a faculty member of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and a P.I. for the Be the Street project. Elena and Ana…
Invitation for Applications: “How Communities Present Themselves To Others”
2018 Summer Institute on Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage
June 2-12, 2018 • Santa Fe, New Mexico
The American Folklore Society invites applications from US graduate students and…

Congratulations Wenyuan!
Congratulations to Wenyuan Shao, who advanced to candidacy for the PhD yesterday after passing her exams with a committee of Mark Bender (chair), Meow Hui Goh, Dorry Noyes, and Patricia Sieber.…

Bishal Karna accepts position at Nazareth College
Bishal Karna has accepted a tenure-track position in the department of religious studies at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, beginning this August 2018. Congratulations, Bishal!…