• Early Modern British literature (17th and 18th Centuries)
• Anglo-American folklore and culture, especially folk song
• Gender and women's studies

Courses Taught:

• Folklore and Literature
• Folklore and Mythology of Britain
• Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
• Introduction to Research: Fieldwork and Archives
• Anglo-American Ballad and Folk Song
• Women Writers
• Introduction to Prose Narrative
• Introduction to the English Major -- 1600-1800

Publications:

• Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850 Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 1989
      paperback edition, Chicago; University of Chicago Press, 1996
  
• The Anglo-American Ballad: A Folklore Casebook New York; Garland Publishing, 1995
  
• "Deep Play" - John Gay and the Invention of Modernity Newark, Delaware and London; University of Delaware Press, 2001

Professional Memberships:

• American Folklore Society
• Western States Folklore Society
• American Society for 18th-Century Studies
• Northwest Society for 18th-Century Studies
• Modern Language Association

Performances:

• Frequent vocal and instrumental performance of Anglo-American traditional music and music from the early modern era.

Link to Dr. Dugaw's English Department web page