Christopher Antonsen

 

Christopher Antonsen

Web Instructor, Folk Studies

chris.antonsen@wku.edu

 

Degrees:

BA Rhetoric, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MA Folk Studies, Western Kentucky University
PhD Folk Studies, Ohio State University

 

I earned a B.A. in Rhetoric from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master's Degree in Folk Studies from WKU, and a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in Folklore Studies from Ohio State University.

In my years at WKU, I have enjoyed the terrific help of graduate assistants Scheri Smith, Claire Aubrey, Kevin Murphy, Stuart Burrill, Tim Jorgensen, Butch Ross, Nelda Ault, and Cynthia Cotton (from "Canadia"). I offer my continuing thanks to each of them for the things they've done for me and for their friendship.

 

Courses I teach:

FLK 280: Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
FLK 371: Urban Folklore

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