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Karen Baldwin is Director of the ECU Folklore Archive, past editor of the North Carolina Folklore Journal, and former director of ECU's North Carolina Studies Program. Baldwin's more than 40 publications appear in national and international journals, anthologies, and encyclopedias. Her ground-breaking work deals with oral poetry, family folklore, folk medicine, women's cultures, deaf folklore, folklore and education. Books she co-edited include Folk Arts and Folklife in and around Pitt County: A Handbook and Resource Guide and Herbal and Magical Medicine: Traditional Healing Today. She has presented more than 60 papers at regional, national, and international conferences. In 1992, she received the North Carolina Folklore Society Brown-Hudson Folklore Award in recognition of her valuable contributions to the study of North Carolina folklore. In 1999 and 2001 her North Carolina Folklore Journal editorial work received Society of North Carolina Historians awards. Baldwin is a popular North Carolina Humanities Forum speaker, presenting programs on family folklore, folk art, and contemporary legends across the state.
Degrees
B.A. Guilford College
M.A. University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Interest
Folklore
Folklife
Folk Art
Folklore and Education
Women's Folk Cultures
North Carolina Folk Traditions
Folklife and Contemporary Culture
Director, ECU Folklore Archive
Courses Taught
6465: Special Topics Seminar in Folklore
4890: Practicum: Careers in Writing
3570: American Folklore
1200: Composition
1100: Compostion
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Graduate Literature Program
WOST 3510 & 6100: Womenfolk