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While there, he founded the Finnish Studies Program in the Department of Scandinavian Studies and helped initiate the department's Baltic Studies program. In 2000, DuBois moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor in the Scandinavian Studies Department, as well as the Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies.
His research focuses on the folklore of the Upper Midwest, especially Scandinavian Americans, indigenous and immigrant people, and rural and working-class peoples. [9] Leary teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Scandinavian Studies Department and the Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies. [10]
The Beast of Bray Road, is the name given to a wolf-like creature reported to have been witnessed in or near Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wisconsin. The creature has become a part of Wisconsin folklore and has been the subject of multiple books, documentaries, and a 2005 horror film. [1] [2]
James R. Dow, "In Search of All Things Nordic, in South Tyrol (Italy): The SS Ancestral Inheritance's Cultural Commission 1940-1943" in: Journal of American Folklore, 127:506 (2014): 365–399. James R. Dow, "Hans Naumann's gesunkenes Kulturgut and primitive Gemeinschaftskultur" in: Journal of Folklore Research 51:1 (January/April 2014): 49–100.
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[6] [full citation needed] He is currently banned from several UW-Madison properties. Tunnel Bob was the inspiration for The Kingkiller Chronicle character Auri. Author Patrick Rothfuss was a resident of Madison, and his father told him stories of Tunnel Bob. According to Rothfuss, Rothfuss' father gave Tunnel Bob permission to work in the ...
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and UW System President Jay Rothman have said publicly they oppose the spinoff. Mnookin said addressing problems is "preferable" within the existing system.
Radner began her research career in Celtic Studies, but later published in Irish history and literature, folklore and feminist theory. She was based at American University in Washington, DC where she taught courses in literature, American Studies, folklore, and storytelling.