James R. Dow
Encyclopedia
James R. Dow is a Professor Emeritus of German at Iowa State University
with research interests in German Volkskunde (folklore
), Old Order Amish of Kalona and Amana Colonists of Amana. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 2005 for A study and grammar of the Cymbrian language. James has 12 grandchildren Britt, Brie, Alysabeth, Byron, Christian, Daniel Buck; Katie, Joseph, Jakob Dow, and Breslin, Brenden, Braylin Crose. He is married to Susan D. Dow.
German Volkskunde : A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation, Debate, and Reorientation (1967-1977) by: James R. Dow, Hannjost Lixfeld (Editor), James R. Dow (Translator), Hannjost Lixfeld (Translator)
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
with research interests in German Volkskunde (folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
), Old Order Amish of Kalona and Amana Colonists of Amana. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 2005 for A study and grammar of the Cymbrian language. James has 12 grandchildren Britt, Brie, Alysabeth, Byron, Christian, Daniel Buck; Katie, Joseph, Jakob Dow, and Breslin, Brenden, Braylin Crose. He is married to Susan D. Dow.
Books
- The Study of European Ethnology in Austria. Co-author Olaf Bockhorn. Aldershot UK: Ashgate Publishers, 2004.
- Wyoming folklore : Reminiscences, Folktales, beliefs, customs, and folk speech.by: Federal Writers' Project, James R. Dow (Editor), Susan D. Dow (Editor), Roger L. Welsch (Editor), James R. Dow (Introduction)
- German Folklore : A Handbook
- Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend by: Anthony S. Mercatante, James R. Dow
- The Nazification of an Academic Discipline : Folklore in the Third Reich by: James R. Dow, Hannjost Lixfeld (Translator)
- Folklore and Fascism : The Reich Institute for German "Volkskunde" by: Hannjost Lixfeld, James R. Dow
- Languages and Lives : Essays in Honor of Werner Enninger by: James R. Dow (Editor), Michelle Wolff (Editor)
- The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend by: Anthony S. Mercatante, James R. Dow, Michael R. Burgan
- Focus on Bilingual Education - Language and Ethnicity and Ethnicity 2nd Language : Essays in Honor of Joshua A. Fishman by: James Dow (Editor), Ofelia Garcia (Editor), David F. Marshall (Editor)
German Volkskunde : A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation, Debate, and Reorientation (1967-1977) by: James R. Dow, Hannjost Lixfeld (Editor), James R. Dow (Translator), Hannjost Lixfeld (Translator)