Rosan Jordan (1939–2025)

We are sad to announce that folklorist Rosan A. Jordan passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025 in New Orleans. She was accompanied by close friends and died peacefully. A pioneer in women’s folklore scholarship, Rosan and her husband, esteemed folklorist Frank De Caro, established vital folklore positions at Louisiana State University. Her works include Women’s Folklore, Women’s Culture, co-edited with Susan Kalcik, and Resituating Folklore: Folk Contexts in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art, co-authored with Frank De Caro, among other titles. She will be missed.  

A full obituary is forthcoming.