Simon Bronner
Dean, College of General Studies and Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences and Business at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Previously Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Missouri University of Science and Technology and Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Research and teaching areas in folk and popular culture, public heritage, ethnography and society, and ethnic studies. See http://sites.psu.edu/bronner
Editor of book series for Folklore and Ethnology (Lexington Books) and Material Worlds (University Press of Kentucky). Editor of reference works: Encyclopedia of American Folklife, Youth Cultures in America, Pennsylvania Germans: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies.
Published work on material culture, Jewish culture, Pennsylvania Germans, folk music, masculinity, children's folklore, consumerism, folk art, and maritime culture. Author of textbook "Folklore: The Basics" (Routledge, 2017). Current book projects include "Strength: A Cultural History" (Mississippi), "Americanness: An Introduction to Thought and Culture and of the United States" (Routledge), "Jewish Cultural Studies" (Wayne State Univ Press), and "The Practice of Folklore."
Phone: 717-948-6039 (o)
Address: American Studies Program
Penn State Harrisburg
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057-4898
Editor of book series for Folklore and Ethnology (Lexington Books) and Material Worlds (University Press of Kentucky). Editor of reference works: Encyclopedia of American Folklife, Youth Cultures in America, Pennsylvania Germans: An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies.
Published work on material culture, Jewish culture, Pennsylvania Germans, folk music, masculinity, children's folklore, consumerism, folk art, and maritime culture. Author of textbook "Folklore: The Basics" (Routledge, 2017). Current book projects include "Strength: A Cultural History" (Mississippi), "Americanness: An Introduction to Thought and Culture and of the United States" (Routledge), "Jewish Cultural Studies" (Wayne State Univ Press), and "The Practice of Folklore."
Phone: 717-948-6039 (o)
Address: American Studies Program
Penn State Harrisburg
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057-4898
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