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Congratulations to Rachel Hopkin and Afsane Rezaei, who recently published articles in folklore journals!

Hopkin, Rachel. "The Critical Conservationist George Gibson and Patterns of…

Georgios Anagnostou, professor, modern Greek and classics, received The Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program award to work with an interdisciplinary team at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki…

We are pleased to announce that Dorry Noyes has been elected President of the American Folklore Society (AFS) for the 2018-2020 term. Dorry has been a stalwart defender of folklore studies at OSU,…

Hearty congratulations to Brittany Warman, who was awarded the Department of English's Dissertation Completion Fellowship for Spring 2017. The fellowship offers a semester off from teaching to…

Congratulations to Rachel Hopkin, who achieved tanguicity on her candidacy exam this morning! Her committee included Amy Shuman, Katey Borland, Barry Shank, and Dorry Noyes as chair. Amy will…

Dr. Merrill Kaplan, core CFS faculty, engaged in discussion with open-carry protesters on Monday, December 5th, holding a sign that said "This makes me feel unsafe." Her comments are included in…

Congratulations to Gregg Vaillancourt, who with professorial demeanor passed his PhD qualifying exams this afternoon! His committee was chaired by Drew Jones, with Leslie Lockett, Merrill Kaplan,…

Congratulations to Christofer Johnson, who today passed the oral of his qualifying exams with flying colors and is now ABD. Chris is planning a dissertation on the adaptation strategies of fishing…

Core folklore faculty member Dr. Merrill Kaplan provides insight into the origins of Halloween for the College of Arts and Sciences in a Q&A session!