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A Different Kind Of Folklore: Oral history project considers drag community in Arkansas


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Spotlight on Drag: Oral history project considers drag community in Arkansas
Oral history project considers drag community in Arkansas
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Athena Sinclair of Little Rock also known as MD Hunter was crowned Miss Gay Arkansas America July 18 at Discovery Nightclub in Little Rock. She’ll compete for the national title in January in Little Rock.
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Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts new project, an oral history of the Arkansas drag community, promises to uncover some fascinating accounts of the evolution of the artform in the Natural State, says the organization s coordinator, Virginia Siegel. ....

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Folk Studies MA Student Georgia Ellie Dassler Receives PCAL Outstanding Graduate Student Award


Monday, April 26th, 2021
Folk Studies MA Student Georgia Ellie Dassler Receives PCAL Outstanding Graduate Student Award
In a virtual ceremony held on Friday, April 16, the WKU Graduate School honored the Outstanding Graduate Student Awardees from each college, including Folk Studies MA student Georgia Ellie Dassler who was chosen as the Potter College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Graduate Student. Dassler has also been named the Outstanding Folk Studies Graduate Student.
Dassler exemplifies excellence in scholarly and applied research and professional activities.  In her time as an MA student, Dassler presented a paper on her ongoing research, “Ballet Dancers Personal Narratives of Pain and Injury,” at the 2020 (virtual) American Folklore Society Annual Meeting; she wrote two successful grant applications to the Kentucky Oral History Commission; and she secured two prestigious internships, as the (virtual) Folklife Intern for the North Carolina Arts Council in ....

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