James R. Dow

James R. Dow is a Professor Emeritus of German at Iowa State University with research interests in German Volkskunde (folklore), Old Order Amish of Kalona and Amana Colonists of Amana. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005 for A study and grammar of the Cymbrian language. James has 12 grandchildren Britt, Brie, Alysabeth, Byron, Christian, Daniel Buck; Katie, Joseph, Jakob Dow, and Breslin, Brenden, Braylin Crose. He is married to Susan D. Dow.

Books

• The Study of European Ethnology in Austria. Co-author Olaf Bockhorn. Aldershot UK: Ashgate Publishers, 2004.
• Wyoming folklore : Reminiscences, Folktales, beliefs, customs, and folk speech.by: Federal Writers' Project, James R. Dow (Editor), Susan D. Dow (Editor), Roger L. Welsch (Editor), James R. Dow (Introduction)

• German Folklore : A Handbook

• Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend by: Anthony S. Mercatante, James R. Dow

• The Nazification of an Academic Discipline : Folklore in the Third Reich by: James R. Dow, Hannjost Lixfeld (Translator)

• Folklore and Fascism : The Reich Institute for German "Volkskunde" by: Hannjost Lixfeld, James R. Dow

• Languages and Lives : Essays in Honor of Werner Enninger by: James R. Dow (Editor), Michelle Wolff (Editor)

• The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend by: Anthony S. Mercatante, James R. Dow, Michael R. Burgan

• Focus on Bilingual Education - Language and Ethnicity and Ethnicity 2nd Language : Essays in Honor of Joshua A. Fishman by: James Dow (Editor), Ofelia Garcia (Editor), David F. Marshall (Editor)

German Volkskunde : A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation, Debate, and Reorientation (1967-1977) by: James R. Dow, Hannjost Lixfeld (Editor), James R. Dow (Translator), Hannjost Lixfeld (Translator)

External links

• Iowa State Department Foreign Languages and Literatures Faculty Website
• 2001-2002 Distinguished Arts and Humanities Scholar
• Curriculum Vitae