Jack Santino
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August 1, 1947 (age 77)
Ian Santino
Will Santino
Jack Santino | |
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| Born | Jack Santino August 1, 1947 (age 77) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Boston College, University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Children | Hannah Santino Ian Santino Will Santino |
Jack (John Francis) Santino is an academic folklorist.
He is a Professor of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University and is Director of the Bowling Green Center for Culture Studies.[1] His work has primarily focused on ritual, celebrations, and holidays as well as occupational culture and popular music. He has been a featured expert on a television special produced by The History Channel, about Hallowe'en.
Along with Paul Wagoner, Santino produced Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle a film, winner of four regional Emmy Awards on African American Pulman car unionisation.[2]
From 1996 to 2000 Santino was the editor of the Journal of American Folklore.[3] During 2002-3 Santino was the president of the American Folklore Society.[3]
Early life
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 1, 1947. He received a bachelor's degree in English at Boston College. He then studied Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1978. His thesis was entitled "The outlaw emotions : workers' narratives from three contemporary occupations".[4] He has nine published books listed in WorldCat.[5] He has three children: Ian, Will and Hannah.
