Education
University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania.
He is a Professor of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University and is Director of the Bowling Green Center for Culture Studies. has primarily focused on ritual, celebrations, and holidays as well as occupational culture and popular music He has been a featured expert on a television special produced by The History Channel, about Hallowe"en. From 1996 to 2000 Santino was the editor of the Journal of American Folklore.
During 2002-2003 Santino was the President of the American Folklore Society.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 1, 1947. He received a bachelor"s degree in English at Boston College.
He then studied Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1978. His thesis was entitled "The outlaw emotions: workers" narratives from three contemporary occupations".
He has nine published books listed in WorldCat.
He has three children: Ian, Will and Hannah.