Expertise

Specializes in African American and Southeastern United States folklore and oral narrative.


Subject Area:

  • English

Research: African-American Studies, Folklore, Personal Narrative, Slave Narrative, Folktale, Southern American Folklore, Gulf Coast Carnival/Mardi Gras, Oral History, World Literature, Composition.


Keywords: African-American Studies; English

Communities
English
Degrees
PhD, Indiana University, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2004
MA, University of Wisconsin, African American Studies, 1992
BA, University of Virginia, English and African American Studies, 1987