IU Folklore & Ethnomusicology

Congratulations to PhD Student Ben Storsved, who received the Carl Ziegler Teaching Award for the 2025-2026 academic year from the Collins LLC!

Congratulations to alumnus Dr. Doug Boyd (MA ‘98, PhD ‘03), director of the University of Kentucky Libraries Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, on being named a 2026-27 University Research Professor!

https://research.uky.edu/news/doug-boyd-2026-27-university-research-professor-qa

Congratulations to Bobby Davis Jr. (BA '16) and former Folk-E295 Survey of Hip Hop GA on successfully defending your dissertation!

Next up, travel and research awards! Congratulations to Twalha Abbass, Donald Bradley, Joelin Hu, Tanjina Milee, and Connor Toole on receiving grants for travel and research!

Our students are the best. This past year they received so many amazing awards and we're going to highlight them this week!

First up, Dissertation Research Fellowships! Christian James, Joseph Johnson, Olivia Phillips, Jenna Sears, and Kimberley Watson all received a full year of funding to dedicate to their dissertations.

Congratulations!

Alumnus Dr. Dom Tartaglia (MA ’14, PhD ’19) and current PhD student Jenny Hesoun both attended the Florida Folklife Festival this year!

Check out these photos of Dom and friends at the festival, as well as a photo of Jenny going all out for the Sparkle Party.

Alumna Dr. Micah Ling (MA ’19, PhD ’25) recently wrote an article for Arts Midwest entitled: “Wiigwaas Jiimaan: Building a Community Canoe with Ron Paquin”!

Check out the article here: https://artsmidwest.org/stories/wiigwaas-jiimaan-building-a-community-canoe-with-ron-paquin/

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Dr. William Hansen, who recently published a new book with Bloomsbury Press entitled Classical Myth and Literature in Parody: Ancient and Modern!

In addition to being featured by News at IU for his expertise on the sounds of the World Cup, Dr. Eduardo Herrera was also recently interviewed about Argentine stadium chants by The Christian Science Monitor!

You can check out both articles at:
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0718/world-cup-argentina-crowd-singing-chants

https://news.iu.edu/live/news/51776-ask-the-expert-world-cup-music-facts-from-eduardo

Dorothy Berry's (MA '16) book, The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities, has been awarded the 2026 Waldo Gifford Leland award from the Society of American Archivists!

Congratulations Dorothy! https://tinyurl.com/ycydc9ef