The 2020 winner of the Benjamin A. Botkin Prize of the American Folklore Society is Dr. Marsha MacDowell. Photo courtesy of Marsha MacDowell. The Botkin Prize is awarded by the AFS Public Programs Section and the AFS Executive Board to an individual
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The American Folklore Society has joined the American Historical Association statement condemning “the actions of those who, on January 6, stormed the United States Capitol, the seat of the nation’s legislature, the heart of its democratic form of governance.” AFS unequivocally condemns the actions
The following AFS members were elected to office in the balloting that ended December 31: President:Marilyn White (Kean University, retired)(President-Elect in 2021, as President in 2022-2023, and as Past President in 2024) Executive Board (2021–2023):Mintzi Martinez-Rivera (Providence College)Fernando Orejuela (Indiana University)Langston Collin Wilkins (Center for Washington Cultural