A member of the Teaching Academy, she has been a Senior Teaching Fellow and winner of the university’s Creative Research Medal. Henken’s published works include two books on legends about medieval Welsh saints, one on the Welsh national-redeemer Owain Glyndŵr (Shakespeare spelled the name “Owen Glendower” in his Henry IV plays), and, most recently, Did You Hear about the Girl Who…?: Contemporary Legend, Folklore, and Human Sexuality, as well as articles on Civil War legendry and on developments in contemporary horror legends.Īt UGA Henken coordinates the student exchange program with the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. “Professor Henken is not only a distinguished student of legends and the legend-making energy that lies behind them,” said Douglas Anderson, head of the English department, “she has made herself something of a legend in our classrooms: a tireless, passionate, and demanding teacher, as well as a productive and versatile scholar. at the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. in Welsh language and literature at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D. in folklore and mythology at Radcliffe College-Harvard University an M.A. Henken teaches folklore and Celtic studies, areas for which she trained with an A.B. Henken said of her election, “This is an honor I never, ever expected to receive I am thoroughly astonished and delighted.” Lord, Charles Seeger and Archer Taylor (whose papers and personal library are housed in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at UGA). Dorson, Alan Dundes, Alan Lomax, Albert B. Previous AFS Fellows have been such prominent scholars as Richard M. Henken, a professor of English at the University of Georgia, has been selected as a Fellow by the American Folklore Society.
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