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Sharon Sherman

Office: 457 PLC
Phone: (541) 346-3966
Email: srs@uoregon.edu

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 1976

Research Areas:

  • Film and Folklore
  • Mythology
  • Narrative Theory
  • Popular Culture
  • Fieldwork

    Courses Taught:
  • Introduction to Folklore
  • Magic, Myth and Religion
  • History and Theory of Folklore Research
  • Film and Folklore
  • Folklore Fieldwork
  • Video Production
  • Studies in Mythology

  • Publications:
    Videos-
  • Inti Raymi en Quinchuqui
        click here to open Quicktime video clip
  • Jan Eliot at the Writers' Guild
  • Barry Lopez and Barre Toelken: A Conversation
  • Kid Shoes
  • Spirits in the Woods
  • Passover: A Celebration
  • Portland Cityfolk Festival

    16mm Films-
  • Kathleen Ware, Quiltmaker
  • Tales of the Supernatural

    Books-
  • Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture  The University Press of Kentucky, 1998
  • Chainsaw Sculptor: The Art of J. Chester "Skip" Armstrong  University Press of Mississippi, 1995


  • In Progress:
  • Val & Gogi (video)
  • Zulay: An Otavaleña's Life in Ecuador (video, working title)


    Professional Memberships:
  • American Folklore Society
  • Western States Folklore Society
  • Popular Culture Association


  • Folklore Program (541) 346-3911
    Cathy O'Grady, Folklore Studies Secretary (541) 346-1505 ~ ogradyc@uoregon.edu
    1287 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403