Expertise

As a folklorist steeped in the ethnography of performance and communication, I have found myself on the edge and sometimes in the middle of many richly expressive moments. 


Subject Area: Folklore


Keywords:

  • Minority Languages and Cultures Project
Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Department Chair, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Folklore Institute

Professor, Latino Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Director, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Chair, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Literature, Chicano/a Studies, Chicano/a Studies, Music, Anthropology
Degrees
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Anthropology, 1975
BA, Swarthmore College, Music, 1969
Keywords
south america colombia ecuador ghana mexico folklore and mythology violence
Languages
Camsa, Quechua, Spanish
Honors

John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (Ballads of Mexico's Costa Chica), 1995

Associations
American Anthropological Association
American Folklore Society
Society for Ethnomusicology