Facebook Pixel WKU Features Graduate Student Ellie Dassler for Capstone Project | Western Kentucky University
  1. WKU
  2. Potter College
  3. SCCJS

Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology News

WKU Features Graduate Student Ellie Dassler for Capstone Project

  • Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Folk Studies graduate student Ellie Dassler was recently featured in the WKU News for her research associated with the capstone project she is completing as part of her program. Dassler, the graduate assistant for the Kentucky Folklife Program, is documenting how folklorists and culture workers are “navigating a world in crisis.” This includes responses to both COVID-19 and the systemic, racial, and economic inequities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Dasslers shares, “I hope that these interviews I’ve been doing with folklorists will be useful to the field going forward as a record of this time and facilitate continued communication about what people are doing in different parts of the country.” To read the full article, click here. 

  Back to Archive

Categories
Latest Headlines
Ellos no Sabían que Éramos Semillas ~ They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds: A Día de los Muertos Celebration Honors Those We have Loved and Lost this Thursday, October 31st, 2024

Oct 29th, 2024

On Thursday, October 31st, 2024 The Kentucky Folklife Program in collaboration with the Department of Society, Culture, Crime, & Justice Studies and the Kentucky Museum will present Ellos no Sabían que Éramos Semillas ~ They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds

Kentucky Folklife Digital Magazine Premieres its Spring 2024 Issue Celebrating African-American Voices with a Virtual Narrative Stage

Feb 23rd, 2024

On Monday, February 26th, at 5:30 pm the Kentucky Folklife Program (KFP), in the WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, will host an online premiere of the Spring 2024 issue of its digital magazine, Kentucky Folklife. This eighth issue highligh

Yap Islander Will Present on Death Traditions

Feb 21st, 2024

Julius Ayin, a senior studying anthropology and folklore, will present “To Leave the Dead in the House: Deathways, Community, and Change in Yap Island” as part of the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology’s monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series.

Featured Articles
Departmental Statement of Solidarity

Jun 16th, 2020

In accordance with Western Kentucky University’s dedication to social justice, as outlined recently in We Are One WKU, the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Anthropology Major Wins National Scholarship Competition

May 9th, 2019

Ashley Gilliam is the recipient of the Senior Scholarship Award from Lambda Alpha, the national anthropology honorary society. This scholarship is awarded annually to the top applicant selected by members of the Lambda Alpha National Executive Council.

'A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green' opens Sept. 29

Sep 11th, 2017

The Kentucky Folklife Program announces the opening of the exhibit A Culture Carried: Bosnians in Bowling Green at the Kentucky Museum on WKU’s campus. The Opening Reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Kentucky Museum. The exhi

View Archive

Some of the links on this page may require additional software to view.

 Last Modified 5/20/19