Stefani Priskos
FOLKLORIST, EDUCATOR, WRITER, MEDIA PRODUCER
Stefani Priskos is a folklorist and educator from and working in Alabama. Stefani holds an M.A. in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received UNC's Archie Green Fellowship for Occupational Folklife for her master’s thesis research on hospice bedside singing. She also holds a B.A. in linguistics from Barnard College of Columbia University, with concentrations in French and Modern Greek. When not collaborating with communities to document, explore, and share established and emerging traditions, Stefani enjoys hiking, traveling, and Sacred Harp singing. She previously worked at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC.
Stefani is also a Folkways Reporter for the West Virginia Public Broadcasting show Inside Appalachia. If you are interested in sharing your Appalachian tradition or folkways story, contact her here.
“I specialize in collaborative ethnographic research and writing, media production, and cultural programming. I call Alabama home and have lived and worked around the world. I'm passionate about folklife practices, research, and programming as means to build community and promote intercultural understanding. My interests include deathways, language and dialect, personal narrative, non-performative musical traditions, and vernacular religion. Geographically, I focus on southern Appalachia and the southeast U.S., including North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.”
