Artistic Name:
Joseph Sobol
Name:
Joseph Sobol
E-mail:
Country:
USA
Phone number:
423-439-7863
Celular:
Address:
211 E. Main St., Jonesborough TN 37659, USA
Nacionality:
USA
City:
Jonesborough TN, USA
Performances:

"Jack and the Youngest Daughter" (Appalachian wonder tale cycle, full-length 100 min. evening performance);

"Voids of Passage: Puberty Rites of the 60s" (personal tales with mythic accents);

Ballads, Songs, and Cittern Tunes (Storytelling and traditional music).

Audience:
All
 
Resume:

CURRENT POSITION:

  • 2000- Professor, Coordinator of Storytelling Graduate Program, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

  • Ph.D. 1994 Northwestern University, Department of Performance Studies, School of Speech. Dissertation: Jonesborough Days: The National Storytelling Festival and the Contemporary Revival of Storytelling in America.
  • M.A. 1987 Folklore, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Thesis: "Everyman and Jack: The Storytelling of Donald Davis."
  • B.A. 1976 Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College; Concentration in Creative Writing and Literature

SELECTED TEACHING, LONG-TERM RESIDENCIES, AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • 1995-2000 Visiting Professor, DePaul University, Chicago, IL; teaching Storytelling, Folklore, Ethnography
  • 1995-2000 Storyteller/Folklorist-in-Residence, Chicago Public Schools ESL Programs, Chicago, IL
  • 1985-89 Visiting Artist and Artist-in-Residence, Community Colleges and K-12 schools in North and South Carolina; over 700 performances and workshops given in a wide variety of community settings.

EDITORIAL WORK:

  • 2004- Co-Founder and Co-Editor, Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies, published by Florida Atlantic University, Routledge.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  • 1982- National Storytelling Network (formerly National Storytelling Association, National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling)
  • 1983- American Folklore Society
  • Member of International Storytelling Network (RIC).
International Storytelling Network
International Storytelling Network
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Author of:

"The Storytellers' Journey: An American Revival." Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1999.

"The House Between Earth and Sky: Harvesting New American Folk Tales." Portsmouth, NH: Teacher Ideas Press, 2005

"In the Deep Heart's Core: Songs and stories from the poetry of W. B. Yeats." CD, 2 volumes, Chicago IL: Kiltartan Road Music, 2004.

 

Languages:
English
Web:
Blog:
Youtube Codes:

 

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