Journal of American Folklore

*Journal of American Folklore*
Publication details

Discipline	Folklore
Language	English
Edited by	Lisa Girman
History	1888–present
Publisher	University of Illinois Press for the American Folklore Society (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4	J. Am. Folk.
Indexing
ISSN	0021-8715 (print) 1535-1882 (web)
LCCN	2002-227249
JSTOR	00218715
OCLC no.	67084841
Links
Journal homepage Online access Journal page at society website

The Journal of American Folklore is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Folklore Society. The journal has been published since the society's founding in 1888.^[1] Since 2003, this has been published at the University of Illinois Press. It publishes on a quarterly schedule and incorporates scholarly articles, essays, and notes relating to its field. It also includes reviews of books, exhibitions and events.

Editors

The following people have been editor-in-chief of the journal:^[2]

William Wells Newell (1888–1899), vols. 1–12
Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1900–1907), vols. 13–20
Franz Boas (1908–1924), vols. 21–37
Ruth Fulton Benedict (1925–1939), vols. 38–52
Gladys Reichard (1940), vol.53
Archer Taylor (1941), vol. 54
Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin (1942–1946), vols. 55–59
Wayland Debs Hand (1947–1951), vols. 60–64
Katharine Luomala (1952–1953), vols. 65–66
Thomas A. Sebeok (1954–1958), vols. 67–71
Richard M. Dorson (1959–1963), vols. 72–76
John Greenway (1964–1968), vols. 77–81
Américo Paredes (1969–1973), vols. 82–86
Barre Toelken (1974–1976), vols. 87–89
Jan Harold Brunvand (1977–1980), vols. 90–93
Richard Bauman (1981–1985), vols. 94–98
Bruce Jackson (1986–1990), vols. 99–103
Burt Feintuch (1991–1995), vols. 104–108
Jack Santino (1996–2000), 109–113
Elaine J. Lawless (2000–2005), vols. 114–118
Harris M. Berger and Giovanna P. Del Negro (2006–2010), vols. 119–123
Thomas A. DuBois and James P. Leary (2011–2015), vols. 124–128^[3]
Ann K. Ferrell (2016–2020), vols. 129–133^[4]
Lisa Gilman (2021– ), vol. 134– ^[5]

References

^ "American Folklore Society". American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
^ Journal of American Folklore, Centennial Index, Vol. 101, No. 402, pp.20–49
^ "Editor & AFS Contact Information: Journal of American Folklore" Archived 2021-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "Editor & AFS Contact Information: Journal of American Folklore" Archived 2021-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Editor & AFS Contact Information". Journal of American Folklore.

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