Gregory Hansen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English and Folklore

Contact Information:
Phone:  870.972.3508
Office:  Wilson Hall 215
Email:  ghansen@astate.edu

 

 

 

Education:
B. A. Communication Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 1983
M. A. Folk Studies, Western Kentucky University, 1987
Ph. D. Folklore, Indiana University, 2001

Specialities:
Folklife Studies, Ethnography, Heritage Programs, Folklore
and Education

Courses Regularly Taught:
Introduction to Literature of Western World, I and II
Introduction to Folklore
Ballad and Folksong
*Heritage Studies Courses

Research:
A Florida Fiddler: The Life and Times of Richard Seaman, published by
University of Alabama Press.

With staff of Smithsonian Institution: Iowa Folklife: Our People, Communities, and Traditions, Smithsonian Institution.

With staff from Florida Folklife Program: The Florida Music Train, Florida
Department of State; various video documentaries and audio recordings.

Current Project:
Research on intersections between ethnographic field research and creative
writing about the history and culture of the Ozark Foothills

Honors/Awards:
Arkansas State University's Board of Trustees', "Faculty Achievement Award
for Scholarship," 2008.

Arkansas State University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences Award
for Outstanding Teaching, 2005.

(With staff of Florida Folklife Program) Dorothy Howard Prize for excellence
in folklife education from the American Folklore Society's "Folklore and
Education Section," 2003.

National Endowment for the Arts grants, 2003-present.