Sandra Mizumoto Posey

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Sandra Mizumoto Posey

Professor of Gender Institute of Teaching and Advocacy

Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy

Bio

Sandra is a folklorist by training who specializes in narrative and the art and aesthetics of everyday life. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Folklore & Mythology from UCLA and her B.A. in Comparative Literature from CSULB. She created the courses GWS/ANT 2400 Women's Folklore & Folklife, GWS 3270 Beauty Cultures, and GWS 3260 Gender, Social Justice & the Personal Narrative. In 2026 she was named MSU Denver's Outstanding Faculty Advisor.

Degree

PhD in Folklore & Mythology

University of California, Los Angeles

MA in Folklore & Mythology

University of California, Los Angeles

BA in Comparative Literature

California State University, Long Beach

Published Works

  • Posey, S., Malament, C. (2025). rending and mending heARTs: joy, collaborative ethnography and creative pedagogy. American Folklore Society, (138:550). .
  • Posey, S. (2024). Western Folklore 2024: 3-4 "A Gedenkschrift for Denise Kozikowski and the UCLA Folklore and Mythology Program". Western States Folklore Society,
  • Posey, S., Joseph-Witham, H. . Reimagining Memory. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Western States Folklore Society, Forthcoming .
  • Posey, M. S. (2023). A World More Beautiful: Recognizing Art All Around Us. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Western States Folklore Society, Forthcoming .
  • Coble, B., Posey, S. (2018). Notes from the Dark Side: Scholars in Administration. (). .
  • Posey, S. (2017). Made in Occupied Japan: A Collision and Collusion of Values in an Occupied Body. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 38(1). .
  • Posey, M. S., Bohlen, v. T. (2014). The Snarktastic Guide to College Success. Pearson,
  • Posey, M. S. (2013). Burning Messages: Interpreting African American Fraternity Brands. University Press of Mississippi,
  • Posey, M. S., Quinn, D. (2009). Engaging Humanities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Service-Learning and Composition.. Journal for Civic Commitment, 13 .
  • Posey, M. S. (2008). Graves and Gravemarkers.. Greenwood,
  • Posey, M. S., Shukla, P., Adams, E. (2008). Man of Constant Inspiration. Western Folklore/ Western States Folklore Society, 67 .
  • Posey, M. S. (2008). Visceral Research and Transformation: How Folklore Can Change the World.. Western Folklore/Western States Folklore Society, 67 .
  • Posey, S. (2008). Western Folklore: Festschrift for Michael Owen Jones. Western States Folklore Society,
  • Posey, M. S., Ballon, E., Chavez, C., Gomez, T. S. (2006). Are you Oppressed if You Don’t Think You Are? Defining and Defending Prosperity Among Working Class Students at a Public University.. , 3595-604. .
  • Posey, M. S. (2006). Branding.. M.E. Sharpe,
  • Posey, M. S. (2005). The Body Art of Brotherhood. (pp 269-293). University Press of Kentucky.
  • Posey, M. S. (2004). Burning Messages: Interpreting African American Fraternity Brands.. New York Folklore Society, 2-45. .
  • Posey, M. S. (1998). Grave and Image: Holiday Grave Decorations in a Southern California Memorial Park. Folklore Forum, 29(1). .
  • Posey. (1997). Dropping Daddy. Amerasia Journal, 23(1), 172-178. .
  • Posey, M. S. (1996). Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art.. (). University Press of Mississippi.

Research Interests

Sandra has been published in the Journal of American Folklore, Western Folklore, Frontiers: a Journal of Women Studies, Women's Studies: an Interdisciplinary Journal and in collections from Routledge, University Press of Mississippi, University Press of Kentucky, Anchor Books, Pearson and others. Her comic College Edge appears regularly in the independent Campus News, distributed at 37 universities and colleges.