e-mail: halea @ spcollege.edu
University of California, Los Angeles, CA • 1998
Ph.D. Folklore and Mythology (interdisciplinary Ph.D. program)
Dissertation: 'Gathering the Fragments: Performing Contemporary Celtic Identities in Cornwall'
Directed by Professor Joseph Nagy
University of California, Los Angeles, CA • 1994
M.A. Folklore and Mythology
New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL • 1990
B.A. Anthropology
AXIA College, Phoenix AZ
Faculty, Arts in Business
FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE JACKSONVILLE, Jacksonville FL
Adjunct Professor, Humanities
ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE, St. Petersburg, FL
Adjunct Professor, Humanities
New Directions in Celtic Studies. Co edited with Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000.
Inside Merlin's Cave: A Cornish Arthurian Reader. Co edited with Alan M. Kent and Tim Saunders. London: Francis Boutle Press, 2000.
'The Land Near the Dark Cornish Sea: The Development of Tintagel as a Celtic Pilgrimage Site'. In The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic Issue 2, 2004.
'Representing the Cornish: Contesting Heritage Interpretation in Cornwall'. In Tourism Studies 1(2), 2001 pp. 185-196.
'Cultural Studies and Cornish Studies: A Retrospective' in Cornish Studies 10 edited by Payton, P. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2002.
'In the Eye of the Sun: the Relationship between the Cornish Gorseth and Esoteric Druidry.' In Cornish Studies 8, edited by Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000.
'The Old Cornwall Societies and the Cornish-Celtic Revival.' In Celtic History and Literature Review. Issue 2, 1998, pp. 42-47.
'Rethinking Celtic Cornwall: An Ethnographic Approach.' In Cornish Studies 5, edited by Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1997.
'Genesis of the Celto-Cornish Revival?: L.C. Duncombe Jewell and the Cowethas Celto-Kernuak.' In Cornish Studies 5, edited by Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press 1997.
'A Foot in the Door or a Foot in the Mouth?: Evaluating Malcolm Chapman's The Celts.' In Cornish Studies 4, edited by Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1996.
'Reimagining Celtic Spirituality: Paganism and Celtic Christianity in Cornwall" in The History of Religion in Cornwall edited by David Rhymer. Penryn:Cornwall Editions, 2006 (forthcoming).
'Selling Celtic Cornwall: Changing Markets and Meanings' in Tourism, Consumption and Representation: Narratives of Place and Self edited by Meethan, K, Anderson, A. and Miles, S. Wallingford: CABI Publishing, 2005 (Forthcoming).
'Creating a Cornish Brand: Discourses of Traditionality in Cornish Economic Regeneration Strategies' in Culture and Economy: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Kockel, U. London, Ashgate, 2002.
'Introduction' to Hocking S. Some Old Cornish Folk. St. Austell: Hillside Press, 2002 [1903].
'Whose Celtic Cornwall: The Ethnic Cornish vs. Celtic Spirituality.' In Celtic Geographies, edited by Harvey, Jones, McEnroy, and Milligan. London: Routledge, 2002.
(With S. Thornton) 'Pagans, Pipers, and Politicos: Constructing Celtic in a Festival Context.' In New Directions in Celtic Studies, edited by Amy Hale and Philip Payton. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000.
'A History of the Cornish Revival.' In The Wheel: Cornish Verse 1850-1980. Translated and edited by Tim Saunders. London: Francis Boutle Press, 1999.
'An Interactive 3-d Celtic Experience: Mixed Messages at Ireland's Celtworld.' In Proceedings of the 1995 Harvard Celtic Colloquium. Cambridge, MA: Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, 1998.
'New Approaches to Discussing Folk Belief and religion in Latin America'. Ethnohistory. (forthcoming, 2005)
'Rethinking Henry Jenner'. Cornish Studies 13 edited by Philip Payton. (forthcoming, 2005)
'Cornwall', 'Mass Media: Cornish', 'Twentieth Century Literature, Cornish', 'Celtic Art, Cornish', 'Folklore and Narrative, Cornish' 'St. Piran' 'Language Revival, Cornish', 'Henry Jenner', 'Robert Morton Nance', 'Gorseth, Cornish' entries in An Encyclopedia of Celtic Culture edited by John Koch and Peter Busse. London: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming, 2005.
'Cornish Identities' and 'Cornwall: Duchy of' entries in Reader's Guide to British History edited by D. Loades. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishing, 2001.
'Folklore' and 'Witchcraft' entries for the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture edited by McDonogh, G. and Wong, C. London: Routledge, 2000.
Generous Betrayal: Politics of Culture in the New Europe. Wikan, Unni. Journal of American Folklore Vol. 117, 2004.
The Atlantic Celts. James, Simon. In Folklore: The Journal of the (British) Folklore Society, 111, 2000.
The End of the World as we Know it: Faith, Fatalism and the Apocalypse in America, Wojcik, Daniel. In Folklore: The Journal of the (British) Folklore Society, 110, 1999.
Reimagining Culture: Histories, Identities, and the Gaelic Renaissance. MacDonald, Sharon. In Folklore: The Journal of the (British) Folklore Society, 110, 1999.
National Redeemer: Owain Glyndwr in Welsh Tradition. Henken, Elissa. In Folklore: The Journal of the (British) Folklore Society, 110, 1999.
Celtic Cornwall. Filbee, Marjorie. In Cornish Studies 5, edited by Philip Payton Exeter: University of Exeter Press, pp. 188-190, 1997.
Irish Urban Cultures. Edited by Chris Curtain, Hastings Donnan, and Thomas M. Wilson. In The Newsletter for the Society for European Anthropology, Winter, 1995.
'Rescuing Dolly from the Grave: the Cornish Language and its revival' In Celtic Heritage (17)7, 2004 (Forthcoming).
'Kernow for Beginners: the Celts of Cornwall'. In Celtic Heritage (17)6, 2004, pp. 6-9.
A Celtic Industrial Complex: Changing Discourses of Cornish Ethnicity. Milestones Conference, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Aberystwyth, Wales, 2005.
Rapture of the Nerds: Millennial Beliefs in the Emerging Transhumanist Movement. International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 2005.
Subalterns on the Net: Ethnographic Resources for Internet Teaching. Florida College English Association, St. Petersburg FL, 2003.
Cornish Sacred Spaces. Keynote Lecture, Celtic Women's International, Toronto, October 2003.
Celts in the Digital Age and Celtic Women Pioneers. Keynote lectures, Celtic Women's International, New Orleans, October 2002.
King Arthur in the Twenty-First Century: Politics, Economics and Spirituality. Invited Lecture, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. April, 2002.
Minority Tourist Attractions and Economic Development. Seminar in African American Cultural Tourism, University of Central Florida, January 2002.
Creating a Cornish Brand: Discourses of 'Traditionality' in Cornish Economic Development. 7th Société Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) conference, Budapest, April 2001.
Co-organizer Festival of Southern Art and Culture Mennello Museum of American Folk Art (Orlando), April 2002.
Content Advisor for the Immersive Jukebox (Immersive Kiosk featuring African American Music and Culture) Media Convergence Laboratory, UCF 2001-2002.
Project Development Cornish Cultural Grid for Learning (Virtual Community Archive and Technology training program) University of Exeter Telesmatics Department, 2001.
Event Programmer Tamarisk 2000: A Festival of Celtic Culture and the Environment, Newquay, Cornwall September, 2000.
Exhibition script for 2000 Years of Cornish Culture Newquay, 2002.
English Heritage English Heritage in Cornwall: Toward a Cornish Perspective March 2000.
Cornwall Tourist Board, consultant for Historical Cornwall map and Inspirational Cornwall tourist guide.
Ethics 123: Cultural Diversity (On-line) Western International University, Spring 2005.
Humanities 2211: Introduction to Western Humanities (On-line) Florida Community College, Spring 2005.
Anthropology 2410: Cultural Anthropology (Designed and taught on-line) St. Petersburg College, Fall 2003-present.
Humanities 2233: Western Humanities 2 (On-line) St. Petersburg College, Spring 2003-present.
Humanities 2210: Western Humanities 1 (On-line) St. Petersburg College, Spring 2003-present.
Humanities 2310: Mythology (Section 1 and 2) Valencia Community College, Fall 2002.
AFA 4932: Documenting African American Life and Heritage, University of Central Florida, Fall 2001/Spring 2002.
Cornish Culture/Cornish Cultures? (M.A. Level) University of Exeter, Spring 2001.
Researching Cornwall (Team Taught, M.A. Level) University of Exeter, Fall 2001.
Exploring Cornwall (Team Taught, M.A. Level) University of Exeter, Spring 2000.
Conference Organizer, African American Cultural Tourism (two day seminar) UCF, 2002.
Conference Organizer, Celtic Popular Culture, University of Exeter, 2000.
Conference Organizer, New Directions in Celtic Studies University of Exeter, 1998.
Festival Organizer VITAS 10: A Film Festival of Folklife and Popular Culture UCLA, 1995.
Festival Organizer, special program for VITAS 9: A Film Festival of Folklife and Popular Culture: Folklore and Animation UCLA, 1994.
Editorial Advisory Board E-Keltoi (Celtic Studies Journal from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee).
Co-editor Celtic Cultural Studies (e-journal).
Certification in Web CT from St. Petersburg College, Fall 2002.
Press and Media Training with University of Exeter, Fall 1999.
1996-1997 Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA.
1995-1996 University Fellowship, UCLA.
1989 J.B. White Award for Anthropology, New College, Sarasota, Florida.
North American Conference for British Studies.
American Anthropological Association.
Society for the Anthropology of Europe.
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges.