Oral Tradition

Founding Editor

John Miles Foley (†)

Editor

John Zemke

Managing Editor

Katy Chenoweth

Editorial Assistants

Elise Broaddus

Evelyn Yamoah

IT Manager

Mark Jarvis

Editorial Board

Mark C. Amodio
Vassar College
Old and Middle English

Patricia Arant
Brown University
Russian

Samuel Armistead (†)
University of California/Davis
Hispanic, Comparative

Richard Bauman
Indiana University
Folklore, Theory

Dan Ben-Amos
University of Pennsylvania
Folklore

Mark Bender
Ohio State University
Chinese

Mary Ellen Brown
Indiana University
Folklore, Balladry

Jonathan Burgess
University of Toronto
Ancient Greek

Chogjin
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Mongolian, Chinese

Bridget Connelly
University of Cal./Berkeley
Arabic

Robert P. Creed
Univ. of Mass./Amherst
Old English, Comparative

Robert Culley (†)
McGill University
Biblical Studies

Thomas DuBois
University of Wisconsin
Scandinavian

Casey Dué
University of Houston
Ancient Greek

Joseph J. Duggan
Univ. of Cal./Berkeley
French, Spanish, Comparative

Alan Dundes
Univ. of Cal./Berkeley
Folklore

Mark W. Edwards
Stanford University
Ancient Greek

David Elmer
Harvard University
South Slavic, Ancient Greek

Larry Evers
University of Arizona
American Indian Literature

Ruth Finnegan
Open University
African, South Pacific

Joxerra Garzía
University of the Basque Country
Basque

Andrew Gerstle
University of London
Japanese Theater, Performance Literature

Terry Gunnell
University of Iceland
Old Norse, Drama

Thomas Hale
Penn. State University
African

Lee Haring
Brooklyn College, CUNY
African

Joseph Harris
Harvard University
Old Norse

Lauri Harvilahti
Finnish Literature Society
Russian, Finnish, Altai

Holly Hearon
Christian Theological Seminary
New Testament

Lauri Honko (†)
Turku University
Comparative Epic

Dell Hymes (†)
University of Virginia
Native American, Linguistics

Bonnie Irwin
Eastern Illinois University
Comparative Medieval Arabic

Martin Jaffee
Univ. of Washington
Hebrew Bible

Minna Skafte Jensen
Odense University
Ancient Greek, Latin

Werner Kelber
Rice University
Biblical Studies

Françoise Létoublon
Université Stendahl
Ancient Greek

Victor Mair
University of Pennsylvania
Chinese

Peter Middleton
University of Southampton
Contemporary Poetry
Performance

Nada Milošević-Djordjević
University of Belgrade
South Slavic

Stephen Mitchell
Harvard University
Scandinavian

Gregory Nagy
Harvard University
Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Comparative

Joseph Falaky Nagy
Univ. of Cal./Los Angeles
Old Irish

Susan Niditch
Amherst College
Hebrew Bible

Walter J. Ong (†)
St. Louis University
Hermeneutics of orality and literacy

Tom Pettitt
University of Southern Denmark
Folklore, early Literature

Shelly Fenno Quinn
Ohio State University
Japanese

Burton Raffel
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana
Translation

Karl Reichl
Universität Bonn
Turkic, Old and Middle English

John Roberts
Ohio State University
African-American

Joel Sherzer
University of Texas/Austin
Native American, Anthropology

Joseph Sobol
East Tennessee State University
Storytelling

Timothy Tangherlini
University of California-Los Angeles
Scandinavian Studies

Dennis Tedlock
SUNY/Buffalo
Native American

J. Barre Toelken
Utah State University
Folklore, Native American

Ronald J. Turner
Univ. of Missouri/Columbia
Storytelling

Andrew Wiget
University of New Mexico
Native American

Paulu Zedda
Università di Cagliari
Sardinian