Associate Professor of English and Folklore

Education

• Ph.D. Folklore/Anth, University of Texas at Austin
• M.A. Folklore/Anth, 1980, University of Texas at Austin
• B.S. Education, 1973, University of Texas at Austin
• B.A. Psychology, 1973, University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Specialties

• American Folklore
• Folklore of the Southern United States
• African-American Folklore
• Foodways
• Speech Play and Verbal Art
• Mississippi Delta Folklore
• Material Folk Culture
• Ethnomusicology
• Prison Folklore
• Folk Narrative
• Rural and Urban Ethnography

Courses Taught

• Cultural Anthropology
• Special Topics: Graduate Studies in Folklore
• American Folklore
• Introduction to Folklore
• African-American Folklore
• Material Folk Culture
• Special Topics in Heritage Studies: Folklore of the Powerless

Honors/Awards

• 1996-1997 Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship, Arkansas State University.
• Awarded matching grants from the Lecture-Concert series to bring blues performers to the Delta Blues Symposia, 1995-2004.
• Heritage Studies Mini-Grant, ASU, $450, 2005.
• College Faculty Achievement Award for Service, 2004-2005.