Faculty Directory
William Ellis
Professor of English
Contact:
Penn State Hazleton
76 University Drive
Hazleton, PA 18202
Office Phone:
570-450-3026
wce2@psu.edu
Brief Bio:
Educational History:
Ph.D., M.A. Ohio State University
B.A. University of Virginia
Research Interests:
Contemporary folklore, including urban legends, topical jokes, social panics, and magical beliefs; folklore-based Japanese manga/anime; 19th-century American literature; Hawthorne
Awards:
Commonwealth College Excellence in Academic Integration Award, April 2004
Butler Technology and Teaching Award, May 2001
American Folklore Society Centennial Award for Service, October 1989
Major Publications:
Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folk and Popular Culture (University of Kentucky Press, 2003)
"Making a Big Apple Crumble: The Role of Humor in Constructing a Global Response to Disaster." New Directions in Folklore 6 (June 2002)
Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live. (University of Mississippi Press, 2001)
Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media. (University of Kentucky Press, 2000)
Woodson, Thomas, and Bill Ellis, eds., "The English Notebooks, 1853-1856 and The English Notebooks, 1856-1861." The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volumes 21 and 22. (Ohio State University Press, 1997)
Ellis, Bill, ed., "The Consular Letters, 1853-1855 and The Consular Letters, 1856-57." The Centenary Edition of the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volumes 19 and 20. (Ohio State University Press, 1988)
National Professional Service:
President, American Folklore Society Children's Folklore Section, 1987-89; 1998-2000
President, American Folklore Society, Folk Narrative Section, 1989-98
President, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, 1994-99
Editor, FOAFTale News (newsletter for the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, 1989-94
