Richard Burns, associate professor of Folklore and Anthropology 
Department of English and Philosophy at Arkansas State University

For a checklist of couses for the minor in folklore studies, click here. 

For links to both recent and past folklore syllabi and to recent and past cultural anthropology course syllabi, see the list below. 

Mailing Address: 

P.O. Box 2766
State University, AR 72467-2766
Phone: 870-972-2164
Email: rburns@astate.edu

To see syllabus for Introduction to Folklore for fall 2011, click here.

To see syllabus for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology for fall 2011, click here.

To view the video, The Miniature Earth, click here.

To see syllabus for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology for fall 2010, click here.

To see an updated syllabus for African-American Folklore for spring 2008, click here.

To see syllabus for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology for spring 2008, click here.

To see a syllabus for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology for fall 2007, click here.

To see a syllabus for Introduction to Folklore for fall 2007, click here.

To see a syllabus for Introduction to American Folklore for spring 2007, click here.

To see a syllabus for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology for fall 2006, click here.

To see the syllabus for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology taught in fall 2005, click here.

To see the syllabus for Introduction to Folklore taught in fall 2005, click here..

ANTH-2233, Introduction to Cultural Anthropoogy, click here.

ENG 3623, American Folklore, click here.

To see fall 2004 courses, click the following links:

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, click here.

Material Folk Culture, click here.

Graduate Folklore Seminar, click here.

To see spring 2004 courses, click the following links:

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, click here.

African-American Folklore, click here.

To see fall 2003 courses, click the following links:

ANTH-2233, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.

ENG 3613, Introduction to Folklore.

To see spring 2003 courses, click the corresponding links below:

ANTH 2233, "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology."

ENG 3623, "American Folklore."

Previous courses taught:

To see the fall 2002 syllabus for ENG 6613, Folklore Seminar for graduate students, click here.

To see the fall 2002 syllabus for "African-American Folklore," click here.

To see the fall 2002 syllabus for "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," click here.

To see the fall 2001 "Introduction to Folklore" syllabus, click here.

To see the fall 2001 "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," click here.

To see the fall 2001 "Introduction to Anthropology" for honors students, click here.

To see a past course syllabus for Burns's "Introduction to Folklore," click here.

To see a past syllabus for Burns's "American Folklore," click here .

To see a past syllabus for Burns's "Material Folk Culture," click here.

To see a past course syllabus for "African-American Folkore," click here.

To see a spring 1998 syllabus for Burns's "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," click here.

To see a syllabus for the summer 1998 version of "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," click here.

To see a fall l998 syllabus for Burns's "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology," click here.

To see a fall 1998 syllabus for Burns's "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology" for honors students, click here.

For further information about these and other folklore courses, contact the instructor via e-mail at: rburns@astate.edu.