# Diane Goldstein

Diane Ellen Goldstein is an American scholar of folklore, professor at Indiana University, and past-president of the American Folklore Society. == Biography and education == Goldstein was born in New York on December 18, 1956. her father, Kenneth S. Goldstein, was the chairman of the folklore department at the University of Pennsylvania, an influential figure in the folklore field, having worked during the folk revival movement of the 1960s; the dissemination of his text, A Guide for Fieldworkers in Folklore, which was published in 1964 is considered a standard in the profession.