Folklore Student Association Members

Ohio State University's folklore graduate students are dedicated to furthering folklore research in their respective fields.

CFS folklore graduate students contribute significantly to the intellectual life of the Center and play leading roles in many of its social and academic activities, such as curriculum development, mentoring, organization of discussion groups and Colloquium presentations, public lectures, and conferences. They are engaged in a variety of scholarly research endeavors, including public programming, documentary, and academic media productions.

Current Members:

Zahra Abedinezhad-Mehrabadi: Areas of expertise: Women's Folklore, Religious Folklife, Folk Art (ways of dress), Iranian Traditions and Culture, Legal System of Iran, Reconciliation and Restorative Justice, Ethnography

Daisy Ahlstone: Daisy studies environmental storytelling. How? Through the lens of folkloreeco-criticismposthumanism, and science & technology studies. Talk to them about legend, thylacines, extinction, material culture, metaphor, discourse analysis, digital communication, and more! They also collaborate on several folklore and community-centered projects, including the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (https://likenknowledge.org/), the Western States Folklore Society (http://www.westernfolklore.org/), and a Youtube and Twitch streaming channel called Folkwise, which brings the discipline of folklore to the next gen through digital platforms (https://www.twitch.tv/folkwise).

Emma Cobb: Former President and current treasurer of FSA.

E. P. DeCarlo: Evan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English. He specializes in the study of folklore. DeCarlo is particularly interested in western informal traditions of the supernatural, particularly as historical traditions manifest today in literature, entertainment, and, most significantly, the world of internet media. DeCarlo's interests extend to Tolkien Studies and Anglo-Saxon poetry, literature, and culture, as well as the literary traditions of the American West. DeCarlo is also an enthusiast of Arthuriana, especially its history of contemporary adaptation. He has spent much of his time in academia studying the works of T.H. White.  From 2016-2019, DeCarlo was a faculty member in the Department of English at Southern Connecticut State University where he taught composition courses while earning his MA in English. DeCarlo is the published author of several short stories and a series of young adult novels.

Former Members:   

  • Puja Batra-Wells
  • Cristina Benedetti
  • Sheila Bock
  • Chloe Brown
  • Clayton Buffer
  • Chris Burney
  • Jason Bush
  • Erin Cahill
  • Sara Cleto
  • Sarah Craycraft
  • Catherine Dean-Haidet
  • Sarah Dunlap
  • Ann Ferrell
  • Sandra Garner
  • Ben Gatling
  • Levi Gibbs
  • Kirsi Haenninen
  • John Harris
  • Anne Henochowicz
  • Rachel Hopkin
  • Katherine Parker Horigan
  • Frank LaRue
  • Mariah Marsden
  • Amelia Mathews-Pett
  • Wesley Merkes
  • Nicole Musgrave
  • Nicole Nieto
  • Yi Fan Pai
  • Rachel Paiscik
  • Cassie Patterson
  • Daria Safronova
  • Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
  • Joanna Spanos
  • Brittany Warman
  • Lauren Welker
  • Michael Wiatrowski
  • Meagan Winkelman
  • Nancy Yan
  • Ziying You