Julia Kelso
19815 71st Ave CT E
Spanaway, WA 98387
Juliak54@q.com/jak42@u.washington.edu
Education
MLIS. Candidate, University of Washington, Expected completion, December 2010.
M.A. Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999
B.A. History, Honors/magna cum laude, Minor Comparative Religion, University of New Mexico, 1991
UW Professional Portfolio: http://juliak23.wordpress.com/
Experience
Archive/Library
November-December 2010 – NOAA Student Archivist -- Preparing case documents and setting up procedure for artifact transfers to NARA.
June – September 2010 – Archive Intern, NOAA Damage Assessment, Remediation and Restoration Intern – Preparing case documents and setting up procedure for artifact transfers to NARA.
June 2010 – Certification, NARA Basic Records Operation Course, Seattle, WA
May 2009 – Present Volunteer, Reference Services, Internet Public Library, http://qrc.ipl.org
June 2009 – September 2010 Volunteer, Literacy Department, Toy Rescue Mission, Tacoma, Washington
June 2009 – May 2010 Volunteer, Pierce County Library System. Parkland/Spanaway Branch.
Sept - Dec 1998: Archive Assistant, MUN Folklore Archive; 4-month fellowship
Sept 1994 Aug 1996: Archive Assistant, MUN Folklore Archive; 2-year fellowship
Editing
2009 – Present Associate Editor New Directions in Folklore; online journal for Newfolk folklore studies organization. http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ndif
1997 - 1999: Managing Editor/Treasurer Culture & Tradition Vol. 20-21.
1995: Editor Culture & Tradition - Vol. 18.
1998 - 2000 - Graduate Folklore Society Representative to MUN Publications Committee
Organizational/Administrative
2010 – Present Volunteer Peer Reviewer - Library Student Journal, http://librarystudentjournal.org
Sept 1999 - Apr 2000: Faculty advisor for first-year students.
1996: Secretary/Treasurer Culture & Tradition Vol. 19.
1997 - 2000 - Chairman/Coordinator Folklore Graduate Student Society
Lecturing
Summer Session B 2010 – English 112, Beginning Composition, DeVry University, Federal Way, WA.
Summer Session B 2010 – English 135, Advanced Composition, DeVry University, Federal Way, WA.
Sept 2002 - Dec 2002 - Sessional Instructor for History 104: World Civilization to 1500 and History 105: World Civilization 1500 to Present, Montana State University, Billings, MT
Sept 2001- Dec 2001 - Sessional Instructor, History 105: World Civilization 1500 to Present. Montana State University, Billings, MT
Jan 2001- May 2001 - Sessional Instructor, History 104: Western Civilization to 1648. Montana State University, Billings, MT
May 1999 - April 2000 - Sessional Instructor, Folklore 1000 -"Introduction to Folklore". Memorial University Newfoundland, St. John's, NL
Aug - Dec 1999 - Teaching Assistant, Folklore 1060, Memorial University Newfoundland, St. John's, NL
Publications
“Quantum Folklore,” New Directions In Folklore, 8:1 2010
Book Review - In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives by Judith Halberstam, New Directions In Folklore, 8:1 2010
"Cross-Dressing," "Warrior Women," Entries for Women's Folklore And Folklife Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 2008. Liz Locke, Ph. D. and Theresa Vaughn, Ph.D. editors.
June 2010 – “Brave New 2.0 World” Vol. XIV Issue http/::students.washington.edu:aliss:silverfish:20world.html
April 2010 – “Does Distance Make The Heart Grow Fonder?” The Silverfish, Vol. XIV Issue 1 http://students.washington.edu/aliss/silverfish/
Book Review - Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture. By Holly Everett. Culture & Tradition, Vol 23, 2002
Book Review - The Way of the Pipe: Aboriginal Spirituality and Symbolic Healing in Canadian Prisons by James B. Waldram. Culture & Tradition Vol. 21, 1999.
Book Review - On the Trail of Spider Woman: Petroglyphs, Pictographs and Myths of the Southwest by Carol Patterson-Rudolph. Culture & Tradition Vol. 21, 1999.
Book Review - Saving Graces: Images of Women in European Cemeteries. By David Robinson. Canadian Folklore Canadienne 19-1, 1997.
Fiction -
“Woman Lost,” Kaleidotrope, 10, October 2010.
“The Athenians,” Golden Visions, Spring 2010, http://www.goldenvisionsmagazine.biz/
“The Pig s End.” March 2009, in A Fly In Amber Ezine. http://www.aflyinamber.net/?m=200903
Papers Presented
7 book Booktalk, WLA Conference, April 15-18, 2009, Spokeane, WA.
"Haunted House Legends in the Popular Media: How the Horror Genre Applies Legendary Motifs and Imagery to Modern Story Lines," International Contemporary Legend Conference, May 18-22, 1999, St. John's, Newfoundland.
"When Do the Deer Turn Into Elk?: Occupational Folklore of National Park Tourism Workers." Folklore Department Brown Bag Lecture. March 9, 1999
"Women Who Ride Out as Men: Gender Disguise in Ballad". Learneds Conference, June 1997, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland.
"Death and Real Estate Law". A look at how real estate legislation has responded to public reactions regarding stigmatized property. American Folklore Society Conference, Oct./Nov. 1997, Austin Texas.
"Disclosing Death: Stigmatized Properties and Belief," 20th annual meeting of the Folklore Studies Association of Canada (FSAC),25 August 1996, Bouctouche, New Brunswick.
References:
1. Dr. Nancy Gershenfeld
iSchool University of Washington
Seattle, WA
206 543-1894
ngersh@uw.edu
2. Dr. Philip Hiscok
Folklore Department
Memorial University Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's, NL A1C-5S7 Canada
709-737-8778
philip@mun.ca
3. Dr. Matt Redinger
History Department
Montana State University-Billings
Billings, MT 59102
406-657-2896
4. Dr. Nancy Huling
iSchool University of Washington
Seattle, WA
206 685-2211
hulingn@u.washington.edu
