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Congratulations, Amelia!
Amelia Mathews-Pett, ABD, passed her candidacy exams with sprightly elegance. Her committee consisted of Angus Fletcher, Jared Gardner, Merrill Kaplan, and Dorry Noyes as chair. She now moves…

S.C.O.P.E. Hosts Inaugural Ohio Graduation for Undocumented Students
S.C.O.P.E. (Student Community Of Progressive Empowerment) would like to cordially invite Undocumented Graduates and Allies to a Zoom Ceremony to acknowledge the accomplishments of…

Folklore Faculty serve as panelists on Bodies in Public Space for GAH+DT
Dr. Amy Shuman moderated Bodies in Public Space | Bridging Distance in Arts and Humanities Methods and Practices for the Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme. Drs. Katherine…

Dr. Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth gives talk for the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
CFS Public Folklorist Dr. Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth gave a talk entitled "Community Ethnography and Sustainable Engagement: Case Studies from Appalachia" at the Nanyang Technological…

Kopcienski Publishes in I Care If You Listen
Check out Jacob Kopcienski's (Musicology) article, "5 Questions to Elizabeth A. Baker about retrospectiveDisconnect" on I Care If You Listen. Learn more about Jacob's work at his…

Kletchka Publishes in Museum Journals
Kletchka, D. C. (2021). The epistemology of the basement: A queer theoretical reading of the institutional positionality of art museum educators. Museum Management & Curatorship…

Webber Publishes on Jabbour
Dr. Sabra Webber (Professor Emerita) has published three essay blog posts about folklorist Alan Jabbour's family immigration saga for the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese…

Borland and Aubry Awarded Grant for Border Issues and Activism Field School
Katherine Borland and Stephanie Aubry have secured a GAH+DT grant for a Border Issues and Activism Field School. The four day field school will visit sites of immigration…

Noyes Awarded University Distinguished Scholar Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dorothy Noyes, who was awarded the 2021 University Distinguished Scholar Award!
Dorothy Noyes, professor of English, comparative studies and …