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Recent Activities of CFS Director, Dorothy Noyes
Center for Folklore Studies Director, Dorothy Noyes, published an article titled "Salomonova presuda: globalna zaštita tradicije i problem vlasništva zajednice." (Trans. of "The Judgment of…
Cassie Patterson Receives Critical Difference for Women Grant
Congratulations to CFS Assistant Director Cassie Patterson on receiving a Critical Difference for Women Professional Development Grant! Cassie received $1000 towards her dissertation research in…
Dr. Katherine Borland Contributes to Recently Published Book, Salsa World
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Borland, whose chapter "From Hip-Hop and Hustle to Mambo and Salsa: New Jersey’s Eclectic Salsa Dance Revival" appears in the recently published book Salsa World:…
Puja Batra-Wells Passes Qualifying Exams
Congratulations to Puja Batra-Wells on passing her qualifying exams! Her exam areas were Popular Culture and Critical Theory, Material Culture, and Visual Culture. Puja is now ABD in the…
Kelly Schultz Defends MA Thesis
Congratulations to Kelly Schultz on the defense of her MA thesis! Kelly is a Folklore GIS student, and her areas of study include Folklore, Religious Studies, Refugee Studies, South Asian Studies…
Christofer Johnson Presents at Disappearance: Spatial and Temporal Horizons
Congratulations to our incoming student, Christofer Johnson, who presented his paper “‘And aa That’s Scotch Aboot it is the Name’: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistleand the Disappearance of Scottish…
OSU Presenters at the AFS Annual Meeting
Ohio State faculty, staff, and students presented at the 2013 American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island October 16-19, titled "Cultural Sustainability." Their names and…
Congratulations, Dr. Justin Acome!
Congratulations also to Dr. Justin Acome, who defended his dissertation on Bluegrass Nonsense Politics. Sonja Amadae from political science was the chair, and the committee included Barry Shank…
Congratulations, Dr. Joanna Spanos!
Congratulations to Dr. Joanna Spanos, who today successfully defended her dissertation, "Redeeming Susanna Cox: A Pennsylvania German Infanticide in Community Tradition." Her highly…