There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.

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• Alan Dundes:

  If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or s

• Alan Dundes:

  Life, it seems, is nothing if not a series of initiations, transitions, and incorporations.

• Alan Dundes:

  I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present,

• Alan Dundes:

  Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.

• Alan Dundes:

  Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really

• Alan Dundes:

  Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once

• Alan Dundes:

  In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, w

• Alan Dundes:

  Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.

• Alan Dundes:

  Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.

• Alan Dundes:

  Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible