Lisa Gilman

Lisa Gilman is Professor of Folklore at George Mason University, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American Folklore, and a Fellow of the American Folklore Society. She is currently working on a multisite global project on arts initiatives by refugees for refugees. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, her monographs include Folklore and Ethnomusicology Fieldwork Methods Handbook (with John Fenn), My Music, My War: The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Dance of Politics: Performance, Gender, and Democratization in Malawi, and the co-edited volumes Africa Every Day: Fun, Leisure, and Expressive Culture on the Continent and UNESCO on the Ground: Local Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. She produced the documentary Grounds for Resistance and www.dzalekaartproject.com, a collaboratively produced and community-based website documenting the arts in a Malawi refugee camp.