Chair’s Recognition Award

This award is given by the chair to a graduate student for outstanding contributions to graduate student life during the academic year.

Distinguished Service Award

Presented by our faculty to a student who has gone the extra mile to be of service to the Folklore and Ethnomusicology department.

DFE Summer Research Fellowship

Students may use this fellowship to support pre-dissertation or dissertation field research.

Dorson Dissertation Research Award

This award encourages and provides partial support for original and significant primary dissertation research.

Folklore Fellowship

This award is given to a student based on academic excellence.

Harry and Alma Egan Hyatt Fellowship Award

This fellowship is given to a non-traditional student.

Henry H. Glassie Award

This award is presented by our faculty for exemplary skills as an associate instructor.

John W. Ashton Scholarship Award

Awarded every two years, this award is given to a student based on academic excellence.

Old-Time Music and Dance Research Project Award

This award encourages and provides partial support for the research, study, and preservation of traditional old-time music and dance.

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Marie Turner-Wright Grant

This grant supports teaching or research projects in the field of African and African diaspora folklore and ethnomusicology studies.

Ronald R. Smith Fellowship

This fellowship is presented by the faculty in honor of academic excellence as a minority student.

Student Service Award

This award acknowledges students who have gone the extra mile to be of service to the Folklore and Ethnomusicology department. Students receive $50 from Trickster Press and are recognized on a plaque.