Judy McCulloh
Judith Marie McCulloh (August 16, 1935—July 13, 2014) was a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and editor born in Spring Valley, Illinois. She completed a Ph.D. in folklore at Indiana University Bloomington in 1970 with a dissertation analyzing the traditional lyric folksong "In the Pines". During her 35-year tenure at the University of Illinois Press from 1972 to 2007, she established the Music in American Life and Folklore and Society book series, overseeing the publication of over 130 titles documenting roots music genres. She served as the president of the American Folklore Society and chaired the Board of Trustees for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. She won the International Bluegrass Music Association Distinguished Achievement Award in 2002 and received the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2010.
In the newsletter
- No. 31 December 2002