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Richard Bauman

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1968
Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesLinguistic Variation and MorphologyMultilingual Education and PolicyLatin American and Latino StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics

Publications

222

Citations

15,719

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

58

Publishing since 1968

Research summary
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Richard Bauman works in the arts and humanities, with a focus on folklore, storytelling, and the study of language in performance and everyday life. His work examines how texts, myths, and oral traditions are created and passed on, including children's folklore and the intellectual history of the field. Some of his recent output also engages with law-related topics viewed through narrative and critical perspectives.

Folklore and mythology studiesLanguage and performance (linguistic anthropology)Children's folkloreNarrative, law and literatureHistory of folklore scholarship

Publication activity has been uneven, with a large spike around 2020-2021 followed by a marked slowdown to roughly one publication per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 305 established Arts and Humanities PIs within our index
Citations: 15,719cohort median 598
h-index: 38cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 1.0cohort median 1.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 6 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
172018: 3 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 35 publications35212022: 1 publication22232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Children s Folklore Review×2
  • Indiana University Press eBooks×2
  • Journal of American Folklore×1
  • Signs and Society×1
  • Annual Review of Anthropology×1
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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