DR. GILLIAN BENNETT

CAREER

• Research Associate of the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition at the University of Sheffield, UK, 1984-2004
• Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK, 2002-2006
• Founding Member, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, 1982
• Co-editor, five volumes of the Perspectives on Contemporary Legend series for Sheffield Academic Press, 1987-1990
• Editor, FOAFTale News, 2005-2007
• Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Legend, 1991-present
• Editor/Co-editor, Dear Mr Thoms: A Folklore Miscellany, 1987-1996
• Editor, Folklore [The Folk-Lore Society, London] 1994-2004
• General Editor of Mistletoe/FLS Books, 1990-1994
• Freelance academic writer, researcher, and editor, 1985-present
• Member, Folklore Fellows of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

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