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Elizabeth
Tucker
(Ph.D., Indiana University,
1977)
Associate Professor,
English Department
Faculty Master, Apartment Communities
tel.: (607) 777-4455
fax.: (607) 777-2408
e-mail:
ltucker@binghamton.edu
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State University of New York • Binghamton University, Binghamton,
NY 13902-6000 |
Areas of Interest
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Current Projects
- Book on children's folklore
- Research on Internet folklore
- Research on ghosts of boarding schools for Indian students
- Development of Senior Year Experience class
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Books and Recent Articles
- Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Forthcoming in the Fall of 2007
- Campus Legends. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- "Ghosts in Mirrors: Reflections of the Self" in Journal of American Folklore
- "Spectral Indians, Desecrated Burial Grounds," "Legend Quests," and "Sirens of the Southern Tier" in Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore
- "Mean Girls': The Reclassification of Children's and Adolescents' Folklore" in Children's Folklore Review
- "Marbles on the Ceiling: Emerging Campus Legends" in Contemporary Legend
- "Dream Woman," "Green Silk Scarf," "Searching," "Wondrous Love," and "Cherokee Country" (creative
non-fiction) in Paterson Literary Review
- "Peace Dance" (poem) in Long Shot
- "Extraordinary Sky and Weather Phenomena," "Bewitching,"
and "Magic Invisibility" in Archetypes and Motifs:
A Handbook
- "Preadolescent Girls' Storytelling" in Traditional
Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook
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Recent Courses Taught
- Folklore
- Folklore of the Supernatural
- Folklore and the Mass Media
- Folklore and Fantasy in Literature: Tolkien and Lewis
- Native American Folklore and Literature
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Awards
- Dedication of Libby Tucker Academic Center at Dickinson Community,
1999
- Chancellor's and University Award for Excellence in Teaching,
1993
- Educational Opportunity Program Faculty-Staff Recognition Award,
1990
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