Curriculum Vitae
Kerry Noonan
Education:
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2002
Folklore and Mythology
Dissertation: “Tongues of Fire: Catholic Charismatic Women Negotiating
Gender and Power”
Ph.D. committee chair: Prof. Donald J. Cosentino
Master of Arts, University of California Los Angeles, 1997
Folklore and Mythology
Bachelor of Arts, University of California Los Angeles, 1982
Theater, magna cum laude
Honors and Fellowships Received:
Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award (UCLA) 2006
Elli Köngäs-Maranda Student Prize for best paper on Women, Feminism, &
Folklore 1999 (presented by the American Folklore Society Women's
Section)
Dissertation Year Fellowship 1999-2000
Research Assistantship/Mentorship 1998-1999
Hortense Fishbaugh Memorial Fellowship 1997-98
Teaching Assistantship 1997-98, Summer 1998
Research Assistantship 1996-97
Dean's List, 1982
Regents' Scholarship, 1978 - 1982
Hugh O'Brien Award, 1981
Robert Reed Award, 1980
Publications:
“Re-envisioning the Visionary: Towards a Behavioral Definition of Initiatory Art” with
Stephen C. Wehmeyer, in Man of Constant Inspiration: Essays in Honor of
Michael Owen Jones , Elizabeth T. Adams, Sandra Mizumoto Posey, & Pravina
Shukla, eds., Western Folklore, v. 67 no. 2-3, 2008
“Wiccans” in Simon J. Bronner, ed., Encyclopedia of American Folklife, M.E. Sharpe,
2006
“Catholic Charismatics” in Simon J. Bronner, ed., Encylcopedia of American Folklife,
M.E. Sharpe, 2006
Book Review: Frank J. Korom, Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-
Caribbean Diaspora , Western Folklore 2005 vol. 64, nos. 1&2
Book Review : Sarah M. Pike, Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community , Western Folklore 2002 vol.61, no. 1
" May You Never Hunger: Religious Foodways in Dianic Witchcraft," Ethnologies, 1998
vol. 20, no. 1-2
" He's Given Us Holy Hands : Lay Women Healers in the Catholic Charismatic
Movement" paper published on the UCLA Folk Medicine Archive webpage, 1998

Editorial Assistant, Western Folklore 1996-97, 1997-98
Academic Work Experience:
Assistant Professor, Core Division, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
Courses taught: COR 110 “Concepts of the Self”, Fall 2008
COR 220 “Aesthetic Expressions,” Fall 2008
Lecturer, UCLA, World Arts & Cultures Department (2003 - 2008):
WAC 120: Women and Vernacular Religion, winter 2006
WAC 120: Modern Mysticism, winter 2004, spring 2005, winter 2007
WAC 22: Introduction to American Folklore Studies, winter 2003, summer 2004, fall
2005, fall 2006, fall 2007, winter 2008
WAC 2: Folklore, Subversion, and Women’s Cultures, spring 2003
Lecturer, California State University Northridge, Liberal Studies Program (2005 - 2007):
Liberal Studies 300: Gateway, fall 2005, fall 2006, fall 2007
Lecturer, California State University Northridge, Anthropology Department (2000 - present):
Anthro 222: Visions of the Sacred, spring 2000, fall 2001, spring 2002, fall 2003, spring
2005,spring 2006, fall 2006, fall 2007, spring 2008
Anthro 308: Women, Sex Roles, and Culture, spring 2000, spring 2002, fall 2003, summer 2006, fall 2006
Anthro 326: Introduction to Folklore, spring 2001, fall 2001, spring 2002, spring 2005,
spring 2006, spring 2007 , fall 2007, spring 2008
Anthro 490 C: seminar: Narrative in Oral Tradition spring 2007
Lecturer, Otis College of Art and Design (1999 - 2000):
Liberal Studies 131:Cultural Perspectives, spring 1999, fall 2000
Instructor, UCLA, Folklore & Mythology Program (1998 - 2000):
Folklore 190: Folklore, Subversion, and Women’s Cultures, summer 2000
Folklore 15: Introduction to American Folklore Studies, spring 1998
Teaching Assistant, UCLA, Germanic Languages Department (1999):
Norse 140: Viking Civilization and Literature, spring 1999, fall 1999
Teaching Assistant, UCLA, Folklore & Mythology Program (1997 - 1998):
Folklore 15: Introduction to American Folklore, fall 1997, winter 1998, summer 1998
Folklore 101: Introduction to Folklore, summer 1998
Academic Presentations:
“Feminist Witch Wars? Supernatural Attack Narratives in the Dianic Witchcraft
Community,” presented at the Western States Folklore Society’s annual conference in Los Angeles, April 2007, and the Claremont Graduate School
Conference on Current Pagan Studies, January 2008.
“Sisterhood or Polarity?:Controversies over the ‘Guardian Priestess’ Path,” presented at the Claremont Graduate School Conference on Current Pagan Studies, January
2006, and the American Academy of Religion annual conference in Washington
DC, November 2006
“Mystic East and Wild West: An Esoteric Artist in L.A.” (co-written with Stephen C.
Wehmeyer), presented at the UCLA Fowler Museum symposium Searching for
God in the City of Angels , Los Angeles, CA, November 7, 2004
“Visions of the East: Place in the Art of Edith V. Tenbrink,” presented at the American
Folklore Society annual conference in Salt Lake City, UT, 2004

“Eye of the Initiate or the Tenbrink Code: The Visionary Art of Edith V. Tenbrink” (cowritten with Stephen C. Wehmeyer) presented at the California Folklore Society annual conference in Northridge, CA, 2004
“Sacred Body, Sacred Art: A Dianic Witch’s Altar Room” presented at the Western
Commission on the Study of Religion annual conference in Davis, CA, 2003 and at the American Folklore Society annual conference in Columbus, OH, 2000
" All Feasts are Feasts for the Goddess: Food Customs in Feminist Witchcraft" presented at the California Folklore Society annual conference in Berkeley, CA, 2000
" May You Never Hunger: Religious Foodways in Dianic Witchcraft" presented at the
American Folklore Society annual conference in Memphis, TN, 1999
"Holy Ghost in the Machine: Religious Behaviors of Charismatics Online" presented at the California Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Fullerton, CA, 1999
" Deus in Machina : Catholic Charismatics Online" presented at the American Folklore
Society annual conference, Portland, OR, 1998
"Angel on My Shoulder: Contemporary Conceptions of Angels Among Catholic
Charismatics" presented at the Armand Hammer Museum symposium
Messengers from Heaven: Angels in Folk Religion and Popular Culture , Los Angeles,
CA, March 13, 1998
" He's Given Us Holy Hands : Lay Healing in the Catholic Charismatic Movement" at the
American Folklore Society annual conference: Austin, TX 1997
"Shades of L.A.: The Building and Decoration of Sukkot in Los Angeles" at the
California Folklore Society annual conference: Santa Barbara, CA 1997
"Got Milk? The Food Miracles of St. Brigit of Kildare" at the UC Celtic Colloquium:
Berkeley, CA 1997
"Encounter with the Lord: Catholic Charismatics" at the American Folklore Society annual conference: Pittsburgh, PA 1996
Various presentations on Irish folklore for the bimonthly meetings of the Celtic Regional
Arts Institute of California 1996 - 1997
Consulting and Other Related Work:
Master’s Thesis committee member on two M.A. theses for California State Northridge
University Anthropology Department
Research Consultant, The Art of Belief exhibit, Visionary Art Museum of Los Angeles,
2006
Consultant, Season 2 of Mythquest , PBS, 2001-2002
Consultant, "Full Moon," Exploring the Unknown , Triage Entertainment, 1999
Consultant, "Halloween Nightmares: Fact or Fiction?," It's a Weird World , The Learning
Channel, 1999
Consultant, "Seers, Oracles and Prophecy," Unnatural History , The Learning Channel,
1997
Consultant, "Myths and Monsters," Unnatural History , The Learning Channel, 1997
Consultant, "Vampires and Witches," Unnatural History , The Learning Channel, 1996
Research Assistant in the Visual Media Archives, UCLA Folklore Program, 1996-1997
Bibliographer, UCLA Folk Medicine Archives 1997
Co-producer of the 1997 VITAS Film Festival of Folklore and Popular Culture
Assistant to the coordinator of the 1996 CSANA/UC Celtic Colloquium conference

Memberships, Professional Affiliations:
American Folklore Society (Co-convener, Folk Belief/Religious Folklife Section, 1999-2000, 2000-
2001)
California Folklore Society (Student Vice President – South, 1999-2000, 2000-2001)
American Academy of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
UCLA Folklore Graduate Students Association (President, 1996-97; Secretary, 1997-98,
1998-99)
UCLA Film & Folklore Association (1996 - 1999; Vice-President, 1996-1997)
UCLA Celtic Colloquium (1995 - 1998; Secretary, 1995-1996, 1997-98)
Language Skills:
French Old Irish (reading knowledge)
Spanish (reading knowledge) Middle Welsh (reading knowledge)