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Borland and Shuman Publish Chapter in Routledge Handbook of Counter-Narratives

Congratulations to Drs. Katherine Borland and Amy Shuman, who published a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Counter-Narratives.

Borland, Katherine and Amy Shuman.  2020.…

Foulis Elected to Ohio Latino Affairs Commission Board

The Ohio Latino Affairs Commission Board recently elected its new leaders for the 44th board, including two representatives from The Ohio State University. Congratulations to Elena…

Congratulations, Dr. Sims!

Congratulations to Dr. Martha Sims, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Illness Tattoos: A Study of Embodied Traditions and Narratives.” Her committee included Drs. Amy Shuman (…

Lydia Smith & Jacob Kopcienski Awarded GAH+DT Grants

During the Spring 2020 Ohio Field School, Lydia Smith and Jacob Kopcienski worked to document the cemetery in Rendville OH, a progressive and historically integrated town in Perry County. In…

DeCarlo Publishes in Trailblazer

2020 Ohio Field Schooler, Evan DeCarlo, published "Placemaking and Blue Blazes: The Ohio Field School Comes to the BTA" for the summer issue of Trailblazer, the quarterly publication of the…

Foulis Publishes about Be The Street

Alex, Stacey and Elena Foulis. "Be the Street: The Performative and Transformative Possibilities of Oral History." US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal, vol. 4, 2020, p. 45-66. …

Spring 2021 Folklore Courses

Some highlights for SP21 Graduate Courses include:

Alumni host New Books in Folklore Podcast

Have you listened to the New Books in Folklore podcast? Alumni, Dr. Timothy Thurston and Dr. Rachel Hopkin are hosts of the podcast and were recently joined by Dr.…

PhD Student, Daisy Ahlstone, Launches Folkwise YouTube Channel w/ Colleagues

Folkwise is Youtube channel created by a group of folklorists to explore the ways folklore connects to their personal and academic interests. The main hosts are spread out across the United…