- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1987
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1983
- B.A., Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1979
Diane Goldstein
Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology
- diagolds@indiana.edu
- (812) 855-1168
- 800 E. 3rd St., 216
- Office Hours
Education
Research interests
- belief studies
- folk medicine
- folk religion
- supernatural traditions
- applied folklore
- the ethnography of speaking
- personal narrative
- legend
- trauma
- violence
- gender
- sexuality
Courses recently taught
- Ethnography of Belief
- Genre
- The Vernacular
- The Supernatural
- Personal Narrative
- Ethnography of Health & Illness
- Folklore, Trauma and Violence
- Folk Religion and Popular Belief
- Readings in Ethnography
Awards & Distinctions
- The Linda Dégh Lifetime Achievement Award for Legend Scholarship (2019)
- President American Folklore Society (2012-13)
- University Research Professor (2009)
- Brian McConnell Book Award for Haunting Experiences (2008)
- Named Fellow of the American Folklore Society (2007)
Books
Publication highlights
- "Never Remember: Fake news turning Points and Vernacular critiques of bad Faith communication." Journal of American Folklore, vol. 131, no. 522 (2018): 471-481.
- The Stigmatized Vernacular. Co-editor with Amy Shuman. Indiana University Press, 2016.
- "Vernacular Turns: Narrative, Local Knowledge, and the Changed Context of Folklore." Journal of American Folklore, vol.128 (Spring 2015):125-145.
- "Rethinking Ventriloquism: Untellability, Chaotic Narratives, Social Justice, and the Choice to Speak For, About, and Without" Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 49 (May-August 2012):179-198.
- 9/11 and After...Folklore in Times of Terror. Special Issue: Western Folklore, vol. 68, #3, 2009.
- "The Sounds of Silence: Foreknowledge, Miracles, Suppressed Narratives, and Terrorism—What Not Telling Might Tell Us" Special Issue: Western Folklore, vol. 68, #3, 2009.
- Haunting Experiences: Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore. Co-author with Sylvia Grider and Jeannie Banks Thomas. Logan: Utah, Utah State University Press, 2007.
- Reckless Vectors: AIDS and the Infecting "Other" in HIV/AIDS Law. Co-editor with Heather Worth and Cindy Patton. Special Issue: Sexuality Research and Social Policy. University of California Press, vol. 2, #2, 2005.
- Once Upon A Virus: AIDS Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception. Logan: Utah, Utah State University Press, 2004.
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