Administration
Lynne is the faculty adviser for the USU Folklore Society and currently serves as
lecturer liaison for the English Department.
Reasearch
Lynne's research interests include digital culture, legend and belief, and teaching
folklore. She has published articles and book chapters on varied subjects including ghost
hunting, animals in folklore, and Internet folklore. Her doctoral dissertation focused on
a set of traditional activities that involve the tracking of objects through the
landscape by means of Internet-based collaboration. Lynne is currently working on a
similar project that considers the ways in which virtual networks are brought to bear on
physical localities.
Professional Activities
Lynne has worked for several scholarly folklore journals. She was the editorial assistant
of Western Folklore and the reviews editor for Cultural Analysis in 2001-2002. She served
on the editorial board of Cultural Analysis from 2002-2004. She is currently the book
review editor for Contemporary Legend.
Lynne is currently the secretary/treasurer of the Folklore Society of Utah and has served
on the membership committee and the graduate student working group of the American
Folklore Society.
Education
PhD, Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2009 MA, American Studies / Folklore,
Utah State University, 2002 BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California,
Berkeley, 1999
Teaching
Lynne teaches courses in composition and folklore.