Mills, Margaret A(nn)

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MILLS, Margaret A(nn)

MILLS, Margaret A(nn). American, b. 1946. Genres: Mythology/Folklore, Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: Palazzo Davanzati Museum, Florence, Italy, volunteer, 1967; member of Harvard University's archaeological expedition to Darvazah Tepe, Iran, 1968; high school English teacher at a community school in Tehran, Iran, 1969; Reza Shah Kabir University (now University of Northern Iran), Babolsar, Iran, U.S. liaison officer for academic affairs, 1978-79; Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., NYC, field ethnography consultant, 1979-80; Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA, adjunct lecturer, 1981; University of Washington, Seattle, visiting lecturer, 1982; Pomona College, Claremont, CA, associate dean of students and dean of women, 1982-83; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, assistant professor, 1983-89, associate professor of folklore and folklife, 1989-. Telugu University, workshop leader, 1988-89. Publications: Oral Tradition in Afghanistan: The Individual in Tradition, 1990; (ed., with A. Appadurai and F.W. Korom, and contrib.) Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions, 1991; Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling, 1991. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals. Address: Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, 203 Botany & Zoology Bldg, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A.