Trevor Blank
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Trevor J. Blank is an American folklorist and associate professor of communication at the State University of New York at Potsdam. His research focuses on digital culture and Internet folklore.
Education
In 2005, Blank earned a bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he became interested in folklore as an undergraduate after meeting Charlie Kemp, then the state folklorist of Maryland. Kemp encouraged him to pursue graduate study in the field.[1][2] He earned a master's degree in folklore from Indiana University in 2007 and his Ph.D. in American Studies from Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg in 2011.[3]
Career
In 2009, he published the anthology "Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World".[4] He is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at Potsdam.[5][6]
Awards
In 2009, Blank received the Richard Reuss Prize for Students of Folklore and History from the History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society for his essay "The History of the Hoosier Folklore Society, 1937–2007."[7] In 2010, he received the William Wells Newell Prize in Children's Folklore from the American Folklore Society for his research on children's folklore.[8]
Publications
Author
- Spring Grove State Hospital (2008, with David S. Helsel)
- The Last Laugh: Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age (2013)
- Toward a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Folklore and the Internet (2014)
- Maryland Legends: Folklore from the Old Line State (2014, with David J. Puglia)[9]
Editor and co-editor
- Folklore and the Internet: Vernacular Expression in a Digital World (2009)
- Folk Culture in the Digital Age: The Emergent Dynamics of Human Interaction (2012)
- Tradition in the Twenty-First Century: Locating the Role of the Past in the Present (2013, with Robert Glenn Howard)
- Diagnosing Folklore: Perspectives on Disability, Health, and Trauma (2015, with Andrea Kitta)
- Slender Man Is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet (2018, with Lynne S. McNeill)[5]
- Folklore and Social Media (with Andrew Peck)[9]
References
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Zeigo, Henri (2018). "Humor Makes Life More Tolerable. Interview with American Folklorist Trevor J. Blank" (PDF). Folklore. 72. ISSN 1406-0949.
- ↑ "AMST Alum Prof. Trevor J. Blank is this year's URCAD Speaker". Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Owens, Trevor (2014-06-30). "Understanding Folk Culture in the Digital Age: An interview with Folklorist Trevor J. Blank, Pt. 1 | The Signal". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Blank, Trevor J.; McNeill, Lynne S., eds. (2018). Slender Man is coming: creepypasta and contemporary legends on the Internet. Logan: Utah State University Press. ISBN 978-1-60732-780-6. Search this book on
- ↑ "Trevor J. Blank". University Press of Colorado. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Richard Reuss Prize". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Fishlock, Diana (2011-06-08). "Penn State professor's essay on farting takes the prize". pennlive. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Blank, Trevor J". viaf.org. Unknown parameter
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Further reading
- Henri, Zeigo (2018). "Humor Makes Life More Tolerable. Interview with American Folklorist Trevor J. Blank" (PDF). Estonian Folklore Archives. ISSN 1406-0949. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-05-15. Unknown parameter
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