
Editorial Team
JAF editors are selected by the AFS Executive Board through a proposal process. Editors-in-Chief serve for five years and are responsible for developing the JAF editorial team, including associate editors, editorial assistants, and special section and review editors, as well as the editorial board, which assists in creating a vision for the JAF.
AFS supports the part-time position of Managing Editor to support and complement the Editors’ leadership and provide continuity through editorial team transitions.
JAF Editorial Staff
The editorial team that will serve through 2023 is based at George Mason University.
Editor-in-Chief
Senior Managing Editor
Associate Editors
Benjamin Gatling, Debra Lattanzi Shutika, and Lijun Zhang
Editorial Assistant
Folklore Program
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 3E4
Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444
[email protected]

Book Review Editor
James Deutsch, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Featured and Reviewed Project Editors
Exhibits and Events: Kelley Totten, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Films and Videos: Emily Hilliard, Mid-Atlantic Arts
Music and Sound: Langston Collin Wilkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Electronic Media: Natalie Underberg-Goode, University of Central Florida
Editorial Board
Wanda G. Addison, National University
Christina Barr, Nevada Humanities
Norma E. Cantú, Trinity University
Michael Dylan Foster, University of California, Davis
Rachel V. González-Martin, University of Texas at Austin
David Todd Lawrence, University of St. Thomas
Jim Leary, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael Atwood Mason, President Lincoln’s Cottage
Dorothy Noyes, The Ohio State University
Arzu Öztürkmen, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Stephen D. Winick, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
Lihui Yang, Beijing Normal University, China
Juwen Zhang, Willamette University
Questions about accessing the journal? Contact AFS staff at [email protected].