JAF Welcomes New Editorial Board and Review Editors

A new Editorial Board and new review editors join the editorial team leading the Journal of American Folklore/JAF: A Global Quarterly as they begin acquiring work this year for issues that will appear in 2026. 

Please join the JAF co-editors and the AFS Executive Board in thanking these colleagues for their willingness to serve the Society and the field.

Editorial Board

Sarah Craycraft, Harvard University, USA

Ann K. Ferrell, Western Kentucky University, USA

Terry Gunnell, University of Iceland (emeritus), Iceland, USA

Rossina Zamora Liu, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera, The Ohio State University, USA

Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Independent Folklorist; Minnesota State University Moorhead (emerita), USA

Selina Morales, Independent Folklorist, USA

Anand Prahlad, University of Missouri, Columbia; The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment, USA

Pravina Shukla, Indiana University, USA

Nevena Škrbić Alempijević, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Cory W. Thorne Gutiérrez, Memorial University, Canada

Langston Collin Wilkins, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

Lijun Zhang, George Mason University, USA

Book Review Editor

Mintzi Auanda Martínez-Rivera, The Ohio State University, USA

Featured and Reviewed Projects Editors

Digital Media

Constance Bailey, Georgia State University, USA

Exhibits and Events

B. Marcus Cederström, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

Films and Videos

Guillermo de los Reyes, University of Houston, USA

Music and Sound

John B. Fenn III, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, USA

Collective Editors

Norma E. Cantú, Trinity University, TX, USA

Coppélie Cocq, Umeå University, Sweden

Tim Frandy, University of British Columbia, Canada

Lisa Gabbert, Utah State University, USA

Shelley Ingram, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

As the flagship publication of the Society, published quarterly since the Society’s founding in 1888, JAF engages academic and public folklore from anywhere in the world through a wide range of materials, including blind peer reviewed scholarly articles, perspective pieces, featured and reviewed projects, and book reviews that engage with the broad field of folklore across academic, public, and applied works. JAF invites contributions that critically engage issues associated with race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, religion, and citizenship. Learn more about how to access JAF or submit manuscripts for consideration.