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Annual Meeting News
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Millie Tullis (Utah State University) received the Don Yoder Prize for her paper, “Comfort, Counsel, Money, and Livestock: Mormon Women’s Divination Communities.”
Congratulations to Marion Bowman and Bonnie O'Connor, who are the first recipients of the Leonard Norman Primiano Retired Scholar Travel Award.
Patricia Sawin, Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was awarded the Kenneth Goldstein Prize for Lifetime Academic Achievement for her important scholarship, her leadership within the venerable and important folklore program at UNC, and her important service to the American Folklore Society.
Selina Morales is this year's recipient of the AFS Independent / Public Programs Section Joint Prize.
The American Folklore Society will gather for its 136th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Albuquerque Convention Center and the DoubleTree by Hilton, November 6-9, 2024.
Steve Siporin has been awarded the Wayland D. Hand Prize for The Befana Is Returning: The Story of a Tuscan Festival.
AFS is in direct communication with leaders of the Local 8 chapter of Unite Here to learn how to support workers demonstrating this week in Portland.
Portland teachers strike for wrap-around services for students; schools that are safe, well-maintained, and fully staffed; and educator resources. AFS is supporting Portland teachers by offering access to professional development workshops at the Annual Meeting and information about opportunities for meeting attendees to support and participate in the strike.
AFS is in direct communication with leaders of the Local 8 chapter of Unite Here to learn how to support workers demonstrating this week in Portland.