{"id":1361,"date":"2025-10-21T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:45:02","slug":"tok-thompson-fellow-american-folklore-society-sigma-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/faculty-recogntion\/2025\/10\/tok-thompson-fellow-american-folklore-society-sigma-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tok Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-intro \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-intro\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><strong>Tok Thompson<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1367 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/10\/thompson-american-folklore-society-768x432-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Composite of Tok Thompson and American Folklore Society logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/10\/thompson-american-folklore-society-768x432-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/10\/thompson-american-folklore-society-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/tok-thompson\/\"><strong>Tok Thompson<\/strong><\/a>, professor (teaching) of anthropology, has been elected a Fellow of the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanfolkloresociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Folklore Society<\/a> in recognition of his \u201cmeritorious service to the Society and the discipline of folklore studies.\u201d As a fellow, Thompson \u2014 who was also recently inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society<\/a> \u2014 will aid the society as it supports the study and advancement of folklore and expressive cultural traditions globally through student mentoring programs, sessions at the society\u2019s annual meeting, and special awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/tok-thompson\/\"><strong>Tok Thompson<\/strong><\/a>, professor (teaching) of anthropology, has been elected a Fellow of the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanfolkloresociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Folklore Society<\/a> in recognition of his \u201cmeritorious service to the Society and the discipline of folklore studies.\u201d As a fellow, Thompson \u2014 who was also recently inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society<\/a> \u2014 will aid the society as it supports the study and advancement of folklore and expressive cultural traditions globally through student mentoring programs, sessions at the society\u2019s annual meeting, and special awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-recogntion","category-humanities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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