DR. BILL ELLIS

CAREER

Professor Emeritus of English and American Studies, Penn State Hazleton, 2009-present.
Professor of English and American Studies, Penn State Hazleton, 2004-2009; Associate Professor, 1990-2004; Assistant Professor, 1984-1990.
Visiting Professor, George Washington University, 2012.
Visiting Professor, English, George Mason University, 2006-2007.
Fellow, American Folklore Society.
Bill Ellis Prize established by New Directions in Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society, 2012.
Executive Board Member, American Folklore Society, 2007-2010.
Invited Participant, Rockefeller Foundation Conference on “The Social Consequences of Rumor and Legend,” Bellagio, Italy, April 14-18, 2003.
Editor, FOAFtale News, 1989-1994.
President, ISCLR, 1995-1999.
Commonwealth College Excellence in Academic Integration Award for extraordinary achievement in the integration of teaching, research, and service, 2004.
Butler Technology and Teaching Award for excellence in using computer-mediated instruction in the classroom and demonstrating its effect in promoting student learning, 2001.
Featured interviewee in Cropsey, a feature-length documentary by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancoccio of After Hours Productions, 2004 (released in 2009).
Featured interviewee for segment on urban legends for “Weird Almanac,” TV documentary produced by the BBC and broadcast in the USA on The Learning Channel, January 4, 2002.
Featured interviewee for radio program The Infinite Mind: Parapsychology: Science and Psychics. Broadcast on National Public Radio during the week of September 5, 2001.
Featured interviewee for segments on urban legends for “Exploring the Unknown,” a TV documentary series broadcast by Fox Family Network, June 2000.