Sharon Sherman

Office: 457 PLC
Phone: (541) 346-3966
Email: srs@uoregon.edu

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1976

Research Areas:

• Film and Folklore
• Mythology
• Narrative Theory
• Popular Culture
• Fieldwork
  

Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Folklore
• Magic, Myth and Religion
• History and Theory of Folklore Research
• Film and Folklore
• Folklore Fieldwork
• Video Production
• Studies in Mythology
  

Publications:

Videos -

• Inti Raymi en Quinchuqui
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• Jan Eliot at the Writers' Guild
  
• Barry Lopez and Barre Toelken: A Conversation
  
• Kid Shoes
  
• Spirits in the Woods
  
• Passover: A Celebration
  
• Portland Cityfolk Festival

16mm Films -

• Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
  
• Tales of the Supernatural

Books -

• Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture, Utah State University Press, 2007
• Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture  The University Press of Kentucky, 1998
  
• Chainsaw Sculptor: The Art of J. Chester "Skip" Armstrong  University Press of Mississippi, 1995

In Progress:

• Val & Gogi (video)
• Zulay: An Otavaleña's Life in Ecuador (video, working title)

Professional Memberships:

• American Folklore Society
• Western States Folklore Society
• Popular Culture Association