MARIA TERESA AGOZZINO

Degrees: 

BA Celtic Studies and Anthropology (Highest Hons), University of California, Berkeley

MA Folklore, University of California, Berkeley

PhD Folklore and Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

My research interests and publications center on folk belief, calendric customs, Wales and the Welsh Diaspora, Arthuriana, and the History of Folkloristics. I have traveled widely and conducted fieldwork in several European countries, in North and South America, and most notably among the Welsh in Patagonia, Argentina. I have taught folklore courses at both UC Berkeley and California State University East Bay, organized many conferences, and served on several directorial and editorial boards, including those for the California Folklore Society, the Celtic Studies Association of North America, and the Ritual Year Working Group of the Socit internationale d'ethnologie et de folklore. Most recently I served as the associate director for the American Folklore Society and the housing coordinator for the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, before which I was head of the UC Berkeley Folklore Archives for several years and administrative manager of the non-profit community arts organization The Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music. I'm delighted to join the WKU Folk Studies faculty!