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MA Student Don Harmon Wins AFS's 2026 Folklore & Science Junior Prize

MA Student Don Harmon Wins AFS's 2026 Folklore & Science Junior Prize

Harmon's paper draws on multiformity, performance theory, and the philosophy of physics to stage a conversation between folklore concepts and quantum principles. The Folklore and Science Prize Committee highlighted Harmon's "ability to identify overlapping gaps in both folklore studies and quantum mechanics scholarship." 

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