Journal of American Folklore

The Journal of American Folklore

JAF: A Global Quarterly is flagship journal of the American Folklore Society. As a quarterly journal grounded in the scholarship, methods, and theoretical approaches from the disciplinary perspective of folklore, it engages academic and public folklore from anywhere in the world through a wide range of materials, including publishing scholarly articles, perspective pieces, creative work, featured and reviewed projects, and book reviews.

The Journal was housed at George Mason University from 2019 through 2024

During its time at Mason, the journal has published special issues:

• Unfinished Stories: Problematizing Narrative Completion (Vol. 134 No. 532 Spring 2021)
  
  
• African American Expressive Culture, Protest, Imagination, and Dreams of Blackness (Vol. 134 No. 534 Fall 2021)
  
  
• Redirecting Currents: Theoretical Wayfinding with Latinx Folkloristics and Women of Color Transnational Feminisms (Vol. 135 No. 536 Spring 2022)
  
  
• Heritage, Folklore and the Public Sphere (upcoming)

The editorial team engaged in significant initiatives to expand the formats and types of materials JAF publishes toward the goal of better reflecting the folklore field’s diverse peoples and the material they produce. The Mason editorial team prioritized maintaining the journal’s consistency and high standard of excellence in addition to encouraging publications that challenge the “canon” of U.S. folklorists by fostering diversity and centering people whose contributions have been overlooked, such as scholars of color or women and inspiring dialogue with and contributions from those in allied fields.