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Journal of American Folklore

JAF: A Global Quarterly

The Journal of American Folklore , the flagship journal of the American Folklore Society, is a global quarterly that engages academic and public folklore from anywhere in the world through a wide range of materials, including blind peer reviewed scholarly articles and perspective pieces that engage with the broad field of folklore across academic, public, and applied work.

JAF has expanded the possibilities for cutting-edge professional dialog by inviting non-traditional formats and genres in its new Perspectives section! If you have ideas, please contact Editor-in-Chief Lisa Gilman at JAF.editors.gmail.com who is eagerly encouraging new and innovative content.

JAF enthusiastically encourages submissions by people representing all ethnic, racial, gender, sexual, national, and professional identities whose work is grounded in the field of folklore. 

JAF is committed to inclusion, equity, and social justice and enthusiastically invites contributions that critically engage issues associated with race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, religion, and citizenship

JAF authors include university-based academics, public and applied folklorists, community scholars, and folklore practitioners.

How to Submit

JAF publishes a range of formats and content intended to make the journal more accessible and engaging to diverse professionals working in a variety of positions.

How to Access JAF

Members of the American Folklore Society receive four issues each year. Additionally, members have access to digital versions of current and past issues. You can click this block to learn more on how to gain access to JAF.

Meet Our Editorial Team

JAF is produced by the American Folklore Society with the generous support of the Folklore Program and College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University. It is published by the University of Illinois Press.

Recent Special Issues

FALL 2021
African American Expressive Culture, Protest, Imagination, and Dreams of Blackness

Special Issue Editors: Tanya Boucicaut and Lisa Gilman

SPRING 2022
Latinx Folkloristics:  Women of Color Transnational Feminisms Perspectives

Special Issue Editors: Rachel V González-Martin, Mintzi A Martínez-Rivera, and Solimar Otero

Large words on the side of a brick building spell out Black Lives Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter
Photo Credit: SamJohnson3 Photography

JAF has expanded the possibilities for cutting-edge professional dialog by inviting non-traditional formats and genres in its new Perspectives section! If you have ideas, please contact Editor-in-Chief Lisa Gilman at [email protected] who is eagerly encouraging new and innovative content.

Address: Folklore Program
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 3E4
Fairfax, VA 22030