Keith Cunningham
Professor, Folklore
Office: LA (Bldg 18) Room 311
(928) 523-4420
Keith.Cunningham@nau.edu
KEITH CUNNINGHAM, Ph.D., (Indiana University, 1976)
Professor, Folklore
Special Interests: Folklore
Research and Teaching Interests:
My teaching areas at present are American Folklore and Cross-Cultural Approaches to Folklore, but I have in the past taught Folklore Theory and Techniques, Folklife, and a wide variety of literature courses. My research interests are ballad and folksong, folk narrative, contemporary legend, and folkloristic ethnography.
Courses Taught:
Currently, I teach American Folklore, a study of representative folk groups, Cross-Cultural Approaches to Folklore, a study of representative folk genres. Both courses are taught entirely on the web.
Publications:
The Oral Tradition of the American West: Adventure, Courtship, Family,
and Place in Traditional Recitation. August House Press.
American Indians’ Kitchen-Table Stories. August
House Press.
Two Zuni Artists: A Tale of Art and Mystery. University Press
of Mississippi.
American Indians: Folk Tales and Legends. Wordsworth Editions.
Recent Professional Service/Awards:
Member of the Editorial Board for Folklore: The Journal of the English Folklore Society.
Other Publications:
Winkelman Town History. Flagstaff, Arizona, Town of Winkelman. Illustrated brochure.
“Concho: The People of the Santo NiZo” in Journal of the Southwest.
“Effects of Zuni and Ramah Navajo Cultures Upon the Success of a Type II Diabetes Control Program,” in Translating Disability: At the Individual, Institutional and Societal Levels.
“Navajo, Mormon, Zuni Graves: Navajo, Mormon, Zuni Ways,” in Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture.
“Into the Tradition: W.B. Yeats and Michael J. Murphy,” in Yeats Annual.