Expertise

Research interests:

  • cognitive folkloristics 
  • folk illusions 
  • material culture and embodied cognition 
  • American country music 
  • children's folklore 
  • American foodways 
  • folklore and diversity in the southern United States 
  • science of animal folklore
Communities
Literature, Music, Cognitive Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Louisiana, 2012
MA, Middle Tennessee University, 2007
BA, Maryville College, 2002
Associations
American Folklore Society