AFS Fellows
Established in 1960, the Fellows of the American Folklore Society is an honorary body of folklorists, whose election to the Fellows signifies their outstanding contributions to the field. Members of the Fellows have produced a significant number of important articles, books, and other scholarly productions or exhibitions on folklore, and have provided meritorious service to the Society and the discipline of folklore studies. In addition to its honorary function, the Fellows sponsor activities to advance folklore studies, including mentoring programs for students, plenary sessions at the annual meeting, and special awards. The Fellows meet annually during the AFS annual meeting, usually inducting new members at that time.
Current officers of the Fellows:
Amy Shuman (The Ohio State University), President
Mary Hufford (The Ohio State University and LiKEN), Vice-President
Robert Baron (Goucher College), Secretary
Fellows:
Roger D. Abrahams*
Barry Jean Ancelet
Samuel G. Armistead*
Shirley Arora*
Cristina Bacchilega
Ronald L. Baker
Robert Baron
William Bascom*
Ilhan Basgoz*
Ernest W. Baughman*
Richard Bauman
Samuel P. Bayard*
Horace P. Beck*
Jane Beck
Dan Ben-Amos
Regina Bendix
Mody C. Boatright*
Ralph Steele Boggs*
Benjamin A. Botkin*
Paddy Bowman
Erika Brady
Charles L. Briggs
Simon J. Bronner
Bertrand H. Bronson*
Mary Ellen Brown
Jan Harold Brunvand
David Buchan*
Peggy A. Bulger
John Burrison
Olivia Cadaval
Norma E. Cantú
Ana Cara
Ray Cashman
William Clements
Tristram P. Coffin+*
Helen Creighton*
Daniel J. Crowley*
Gerald L. Davis*
Frank de Caro*
Linda Dégh*
Luisa Del Giudice
C. Kurt Dewhurst
Richard M. Dorson*
James R. Dow
Alan Dundes*
Wolfram Eberhard*
Bill Ellis
Hasan El-Shamy
Burt Feintuch*
William Fenton+*
Bill Ferris
Austin Fife*
Gary Alan Fine
John Miles Foley*
Edith Fowke*
Albert Friedman*
Michael Dylan Foster
Gladys-Marie Fry*
Marcia Gaudet
Anna H. Gayton+*
Robert A. Georges*
Frances Gillmor*
Henry Glassie
Diane E. Goldstein
Kenneth S. Goldstein*
Archie Green*
Pauline Greenhill
James S. Griffith*
John Greenway*
Valdimar Hafstein
A. Irving Hallowell*
Herbert Halpert+*
Wayland D. Hand+*
William F. Hansen
Lee Haring
Galit Hasan-Rokem
Bess Lomax Hawes*
Elissa R. Henken
Maria Herrera-Sobek
Melville Herskovits+*
George Herzog*
Maggie Holtzberg
Arthur Palmer Hudson+*
David Hufford
Mary Hufford
Dell Hymes*
Edward D. Ives*
Bill Ivey
Alan A. Jabbour*
Jason Baird Jackson
Melville Jacobs*
Thelma G. James+*
William H. Jansen*
Louis C. Jones*
Michael Owen Jones
Deborah A. Kapchan
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Barbro Klein*
Elli K. Köngas-Miranda*
George Korson+*
Luc Lacourcière*
Kimberly Lau
Elaine J. Lawless
MacEdward Leach*
James P. Leary
William A. Lessa*
José E. Limón
Carl Lindahl
John Lindow
Timothy Lloyd
Alan Lomax*
C. Grant Loomis*
Albert B. Lord*
Katherine Luomala+*
Marsha MacDowell
Sabina Magliocco
Moira Marsh
Judith McCulloh*
John H. McDowell
William McNeil*
Jay Mechling
Wolfgang Mieder
Margaret A. Mills
Lynwood Montell
Tom Mould
Patrick B. Mullen
Diana Baird N’Diaye
Venetia Newall*
W.F.H. Nicolaisen*
Dorothy Noyes
Felix J. Oinas*
Morris E. Opler+*
Elliott Oring
Solimar Otero
Américo Paredes*
Daniel W. Patterson
Elizabeth E. Peterson
Gerald Pocius
Anand Prahlad
Leonard Norman Primiano*
Newbell Niles Puckett*
Jo Radner
Vance Randolph*
Tom Rankin
W. Edson Richmond+*
Ralph C. Rinzler*
Stanley Robe*
John W. Roberts
Warren E. Roberts+*
Neil V. Rosenberg
Jack Santino
Joseph Sciorra
Thomas E. Sebeok+*
Charles Seeger*
Sharon R. Sherman
Pravina Shukla
Amy E. Shuman
Carol Silverman
Amy Skillman
Susan Slyomovics
Nicholas R. Spitzer
John F. Szwed
Timothy R. Tangherlini
Sol Tax*
Archer Taylor*
Jeannie Banks Thomas
Harold Thompson*
Stith Thompson+*
Jeff Todd Titon
Barre Toelken*
Elizabeth Tucker
Kay Turner
Patricia A. Turner
Francis Lee Utley+*
John M. Vlach
Donald J. Ward*
Marta Weigle*
Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin+*
Marilyn White
William H. Wiggins, Jr.*
D.K. Wilgus+*
Michael Ann Williams
William A. Wilson*
Margaret R. Yocom
Don Yoder*
Katherine Young
Steve Zeitlin
Juwen Zhang
Jack Zipes
Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt
International Fellows
Haya Bar-Itzhak*
Ursula Baumgardt
Hermann Bausinger
Gao Bingzhong
Gillian Bennett
Marion Bowman
Rolf Brednich
An Deming
Ruth Finnegan
Chao Gejin
Ulrich Marzolph
Sadhana Naithani
Song Junhua
Ülo Valk
Vilmos Voigt
Kwesi Yankah
+ Original members of the Fellows
* Deceased
Information for Fellows: How to Pay Dues
The easiest way to pay Fellows dues at any time of year (regardless of whether you need to renew your AFS membership at the time) is through the Fellows area in our online store. You can add your Fellows dues and any additional Fellow contributions to your cart from that page. You can also add sections dues if you so desire – those can be found in the Sections category of our store. Add as many items as you wish to your cart, and then proceed to checkout to pay for it all at once.
If you would like your Fellows dues and/or additional Fellows donations to be included in your annual membership dues invoice from AFS, we would be more than happy to facilitate that. To request an addition to your annual invoice, send a message to [email protected] indicate whether you will be paying regular or retired dues, and if you would like to add an annual donation, let us know what amount that should be.