Careers in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Graduates (MA and PhDs) of the department are consistently placed in significant professional positions in academia as well as in the public and private spheres. Professional appointments recently obtained by our graduates include numerous tenure track appointments at colleges and universities across the United States and in several foreign countries. Among them are:
- University of Illinois
- Indiana University
- Indiana State University
- University of California at Los Angeles
- Spelman College
- Louisiana State University
- Texas A & M University
- Michigan State University
- Rhodes University (South Africa)
- University of Zimbabwe
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Our students have also found rewarding employment in a broad range of public outreach programs and agencies, including:
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Smithsonian Institution
- National Endowment for the Arts
- As Archivists in oral history collections in Indiana and Kentucky
- As Program Directors and Coordinators in Arts Councils in Maryland, Nevada, New York, Utah
- As Curators in Museums in Indiana, Oklahoma and Oregon
- As Teachers and Librarians in Indiana, North Carolina, Texas and Pennsylvania
