Richard Bauman
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Folklore
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
- bauman@indiana.edu
Research Interests
narrative; drama; religion; performance studies; semiotics; Mexico; the United States
Emeriti Faculty
Mary Ellen Brown
Professor Emerita, Folklore
Professor Emerita, Gender Studies
Adjunct Professor, English
she/her
- brown2@indiana.edu
Research Interests
ballad, folksong; historical ethnology and cultural criticism; Scotland; Britain; Europe; the United States
Mellonee V. Burnim
Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology
- burnim@indiana.edu
Research Interests
black religious music and aesthetics; music in the African Diaspora
Inta Carpenter
Research Scholar, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- carpente@indiana.edu
Research Interests
ethnic, exile, and diaspora identity; life story; cultural documentation /ethnography; applied folklore
Sandra K. Dolby
Professor Emerita, Folklore
- dolby@indiana.edu
Research Interests
Australian folklore; American folklore; Indiana folklore; personal narrative; folklore and literature; folksong
Hasan El-Shamy
Professor Emeritus, Folklore
- elshamy@indiana.edu
Research Interests
the folk narrative and the ballad; typology; social structure; religion among the folk; mental health in traditional cultures; psychological approaches and folklore theory; Africa; the Middle East
Henry H. Glassie
College Professor Emeritus, Folklore
Research Interests
folk art and material culture; historical approaches; the United States, Ireland, Turkey, Bangladesh
Diane Goldstein
Professor Emerita, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
she/her
- diagolds@indiana.edu
Research Interests
belief studies; folk medicine; folk religion; supernatural traditions; applied folklore; the ethnography of speaking; personal narrative; legend; trauma; violence; gender; sexuality
William Hansen
Professor Emeritus, Folklore
Professor Emeritus, Classical Studies
he/him
- hansen@indiana.edu
Research Interests
epic; classical mythology; the ancient world
John W. Johnson
Associate Professor Emeritus, Folklore
- johnsonj@indiana.edu
Research Interests
epic and oral poetry; Somalia; Mali; Africa; computer assisted research; popular culture
Portia K. Maultsby
Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology
- maultsby@indiana.edu
Research Interests
popular music; the music industry; African American music; musical aesthetics and transnationalism
John Holmes McDowell
Professor Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Editor, Journal of Folklore Research Reviews
- mcdowell@indiana.edu
Research Interests
speech play and verbal art; the corrido of Greater Mexico; music, myth, and cosmology in the Andes; commemoration; folklorization; ethnopoetics; Latin America; the United States
Daniel B. Reed
Laura Boulton Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
he/him
- reedd@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-2535
- 800 E. 3rd St., 245
Research Interests
Africa; music and religion; mask performance; ritual; identity; popular music; immigration; transnationalism; diaspora; music and health
Gregory A. Schrempp
Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- gschremp@indiana.edu
Research Interests
myth, cosmology, and worldview; comparative mythology; history of ideas; Oceania; North America
Beverly Stoeltje
Professor Emerita, Folklore
Professor Emerita, Anthropology
- stoeltje@indiana.edu
Research Interests
ritual and festival; feminist theory; the American West; Ghana; West Africa
Ruth Stone
Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology
she/her
- stone@indiana.edu
Research Interests
music as culture and performance; theory of ethnomusicology; Africa; the Middle East
Sue Tuohy
Senior Lecturer Emerita, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
she/her
- tuohys@indiana.edu
Research Interests
music and culture in contemporary China; music and social-political transformation; senses of place; heritage; ecomusicology; history of ideas; film and music
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