Glassie III, Henry H.

Basic Biographical Information

Internationally known folklore scholar Henry H. Glassie III, born March 24, 1941, received his B.A. in English and Anthropology from Tulane University (1964), an M.A. in Folk Culture from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York at Oneonta (1965), and a doctorate in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania (1969). During the period of his doctoral work, he was the State Folklorist of Pennsylvania and Director of the Ethnic Culture Survey (1967–1969) for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. He taught at Indiana University’s Folklore Institute (1970–1976) before returning to Penn as Chairman of the Department of Folklore and Folklife (1976–1988) and coming back to Indiana as College Professor of Folklore (1988–2009). Glassie also served as Codirector of Turkish Studies and held adjunct appointments in Central Eurasian Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and American Studies, and is now Emeritus...