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Dr. Kate Horigan Becomes Assistant Professor at Western Kentucky University
Kate Horigan (PhD, English 2013), currently Visiting Lecturer at the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, will become Assistant Professor in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at…
Congratulations, Ben!
Ben Gatling (PhD, NELC 2012), currently a post-doc in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University, will be starting in the fall as Assistant Professor in the Department of English at George…
Congratulations, Ziying!
Folklore Graduate Student Ziying You has been awarded the 2014 Tien-Yi Li Award by the Chinese Faculty in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, a prize given annually to an…
Post-Candidacy Graduate Fellowships for 2014-2015
The Center for Folklore Studies has a small number of one- or two-semester fellowships available for post-candidacy PhD students during the 2014-2015 academic year. The fellowships provide the…
CFS Creates Daniel R. Barnes Prize
This is an annual $200 cash award for the year's best folklore paper by an OSU undergraduate. It honors beloved emeritus professor Daniel R. Barnes, who taught folklore and literature courses in…
Visiting Scholar Ji Jun Curates Hagerty Hall Exhibit
An exhibit of colorful Chinese folk prints hung around doors and in homes during Chinese New Year is now on display in the Hagerty Hall Lobby. The exhibit of over 40 prints is curated by Dr. Ji…
Congratulations, Kaitlyn!
OSU Alumna Kaitlyn Berle is currently in her first year of the Folk Studies Masters Program at Western Kentucky University, working as a Graduate Assistant on the Allen County Folklife and Oral…
Congratulations, Dr. Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto!
Eerika Koskinen-Koivisto just completed her Ph.D. at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). Her dissertation was titled "A Greasy-Skinned Worker – Gender, Class, and Work in the 20th Century Life…
Congratulations, Sheila!
Congratulations to alumna Sheila Bock on her recent publication in Health, Culture & Society, titled "Staying Positive: Women's Illness Narratives and the Stigmatized Vernacular" (Vol 5.…