office: 327 Tate Hall phone: 573-884-9456 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. office hours: T 12:15-1:45 (& by appt.) Research and teaching areas: Folkloristics (folk art and material culture, foodways, family folklore, popular culture, contemporary legend), film studies, and feminist, post- colonial, and critical race theories.

LuAnne Roth teaches American folklore and film studies and is the Education Coordinator for Mizzou Advantage. Roth’s research has primarily focused on foodways and material culture, her work appearing in Western Folklore and Food, Culture and Society as well as in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (2005) and Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture (2003). Particularly interested in how food is used to negotiate ethnicity, race, gender, and power, Roth's current research involves media representations of the Thanksgiving meal.

Education
Ph.D., English (Folklore and Film), University of Missouri
M.A. Folklore and Mythology, University of California, Los Angeles

Selected Publications

• “Last Supper.“ 2011. Journal of American Folklore, 124(491):105-108 (film review).
• “Beyond Communitas: Cinematic Food Events and the Negotiation of Power, Belonging, and Exclusion” (reprinted). 2007. Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture, ed. Sharon R. Sherman and Mikel J. Koven. Logan: Utah State University Press, pp. 197-220. www.amazon.com
• “Beyond Communitas: Cinematic Food Events and the Negotiation of Power, Belonging, and Exclusion.” 2006. Western Folklore 64(3-4):163-87. www.jstor.org
• “Rada,” “Petro,” and “African-American Yard Art.” 2005. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, ed. Sw. Anand Prahlad. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. www.greenwood.com
• Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture, ed. Peter Narváez, pp. 263-93. Logan: Utah State University Press. www.amazon.com
• “The Music Never Stopped: Roots of The Grateful Dead.” 1998. Journal of American Folklore www.jstor.org
• “Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner”: Vegetarians, Meat Eaters, and the Negotiation of Family Identity.” 2005. Food, Culture, and Society 8(2):45-69. www.bergpublishers.com

Courses Taught

• English 1810: Introduction to Film 1895-1950
• English 1820: Introduction to American Film, 1945-Present
• English 3700: American Folklore (“Food and Culture”)
• English 3700: American Folklore (“Material Culture”)
• English 3700: American Folklore: Food and Culture in Film
• English 3700: Urban Legends and Film
• English 3700: American Folklore: Kitchens, Cafés, & Cultures
• Film Studies 2810: Introduction to Film Analysis
• Film Studies 2860: Film Themes and Genres: Zombies R Us