Daisy Ahlstone

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Daisy Ahlstone is an American folklorist, writer, philosopher, public speaker, and Twitch streamer.

Education[edit]

Ahlstone graduated from University of Oregon in 2016 with a bachelor of arts in folklore, a minor in women and gender studies, and a certificate in film studies. They obtained a master of arts degree from Utah State University in English/American Studies in 2019. Ahlstone is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at The Ohio State University to pursue a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies.

Personal life[edit]

Ahlstone was born in Ventura, California, on October 29, 1995. Ahlstone identifies as non-binary, queer, and pansexual, and they use they/them pronouns.

Outreach[edit]

Ahlstone directs, hosts, and co-creates content for the Twitch/YouTube channel, Folkwise. They own WiseFolk Productions, LLC, who are the proprietors of Folkwise, and have written public and academic articles on the outreach of this project.

Selected Publications[edit]

• Tartaglia, Dominick, and Kaitlyn Kinney, Christine J. Widmayer, Anna Morel, Daisy Ahlstone, Jared L. Schmidt. 2023. “Becoming Folkwise: Sustaining Digital Community while Socially Distant.” Cultural Analysis (1): Pandemic & Politics.
• Ahlstone, Daisy. 2023. “Gaming Extinction: Representations of the Thylacine in Video Games.” Thylacine: The History, Ecology and Loss of the Tasmanian Tiger, edited by Gareth Linnard and Branden Holmes, 176-179. CSIRO Publishing.
• Ahlstone, Daisy. 2023. “Narrating Perseverance: An Overview of Thylacines in Fiction.” Thylacine: The History, Ecology and Loss of the Tasmanian Tiger, edited by Gareth Linnard and Branden Holmes, 175. CSIRO Publishing.
• Ahlstone, Daisy. 2022. “Giving Life to Legends: Material Representation of Ostensive Behavior.” Western Folklore. 82(1): 3-59.
• Tartaglia, Dom and Kaitlyn Kinney, Christine J. Widmayer, Anna Morel, Daisy Ahlstone, & Jared L. Schmidt. 2021. “A Case Study: Folkwise.” Folklore Advocacy Toolkit, American Folklore Society. 8 September 2021.
• Sleight-Price, Camille, Daisy Ahlstone, and Michelle Jones. 2018. “Forbidden Foodways: Tide Pods, Ostensive Practice, and Intergenerational Conflict.” Contemporary Legend (3)8: 86-112.

Awards and Honors[edit]

• Don Yoder Religious & Folk Belief Section Prize (American Folklore Society, 2022)
• Folklore and Science Section Junior Prize (American Folklore Society, 2022)

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