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Amy Shuman

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1981Rising activity
Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsMigration, Health and TraumaRhetoric and Communication Studies

Publications

102

Citations

2,923

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

45

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Amy Shuman studies folklore, storytelling, and narrative, with particular attention to how personal stories are told, contested, and used in legal and public settings such as political asylum cases. Her work also explores public folklore practices, heritage, disability, and the ethics of representing others' experiences. This research combines methods from folklore studies, rhetoric, and cultural analysis to examine how narratives shape social and political outcomes for migrants, refugees, and other marginalized groups.

Folklore and narrative studiesPolitical asylum and refugee narrativesPublic folklore and cultural heritageDisability studies and inclusive communicationRhetoric, storytelling, and representation ethics

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a high in 2017 and 2024 and generally lower, steady annual counts in between, averaging about 2.6 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
2017: 14 publications14172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 9 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of American Folklore×10
  • Indiana University Press eBooks×4
  • Ohio University Press eBooks×2
  • Feminist formations×1
  • Mid-western educational researcher×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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