- Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2014
- M.A., University of Oregon, 2010
- B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1999
Robert Dobler
Senior Lecturer, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
he/him
- rdobler@iu.edu
- (812) 856-2540
- 800 E. 3rd St., 215
- Office Hours
Education
Research interests
- folk belief and vernacular religion
- contemporary legendry
- forms and processes of commemoration
- theories of grief and mourning
- folklore and the Internet
Courses recently taught
- Urban Legends
- Death and Expressive Culture
- Forms of Commemoration
- The Supernatural and Folklore
- Folklore and the Internet
- Introduction to Folklore
Awards & Distinctions
- Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award (2020)
- Student Vice President, Western States Folklore Society (2012-2014)
- Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World: A Mellon Scholarly Monograph Initiative (2009)
- Warren E. Roberts Prize for Best Paper in Folk Art (2008)
- Don Yoder Prize for Best Paper in Folk Belief and Religious Folklife (2007)
- The Alma Johnson Graduate Folklore Award (2007)
Publication highlights
- “Ghost Bikes: Memorialization and Protest on City Streets.” Grassroots Memorials: The Politics of Memorializing Traumatic Death. Eds. Peter Jan Margry and Cristina Sanchez-Carretero. New York: Berghahn, 2011. 169-187.
- “Ghosts in the Machine: Mourning the MySpace Dead.” Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World. Ed. Trevor Blank. Logan: University of Utah Press, 2009. 175-93.
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