Beverly Stoeltje
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
Publications
58
Citations
936
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
51
Publishing since 1975
Beverly Stoeltje studies folklore, ritual, and performance, examining how cultural traditions, storytelling, and ceremonies function in communities. Her work spans American folklore and African cultural studies, including significant research on the roles of queen mothers and chiefs in Ghana. She also explores how ritual and performance connect to politics, protest, and everyday social life.
Publication activity has been low and intermittent over the past decade, with roughly one publication in most years and none in some.
Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026
Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 4 venues
- The Skirt Chaser and His Brothers
Journal of American Folklore · 2025
- Play and the Performance of Children’s Folklore
Children s Folklore Review · 2024
- Asante Queen Mothers in Ghana
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History · 2021
- Creating chiefs and queen mothers in Ghana
2019
- Marta Weigle (1944-2018)
Journal of American Folklore · 2019
- Protesting and Grieving: Ritual, Politics, and the Effects of Scale
Utah State University Press eBooks · 2017
- Journal of American Folklore×2
- Utah State University Press eBooks×1
- Children s Folklore Review×1
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History×1
- John H. McDowell
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Moira Marsh
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Dorian Jurić
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Dorothy Noyes
Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University
- Olga Lyanda-Geller
Arts and Humanities · Purdue University West Lafayette
This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.
Last updated Sep 1, 2026.
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