{{Short description|American folklorist}}
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'''Amy Skillman''' is an American folklorist and scholar. She is president of the American Folklore Society (AFS).
== Career == Skillman completed a self-designed B.A. in cultural minorities and the immigrant experience from St. Lawrence University.<ref name=":1" /> She earned a M.A. in folklore from University of California, Los Angeles.<ref name=":1" />
Skillman worked as Pennsylvania's state folklorist for over thirty years, managing the state folk arts infrastructure program for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SFMS: Folk Arts Center |url=https://www.sfmsfolk.org/folkarts/center.html |access-date=2026-02-19 |website=SFMS Folk}}</ref>
Skillman has served as the academic director of the M.A. in cultural sustainability at Goucher College since 2012.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2023 |title=MACS Director Amy Skillman elected president of the American Folklore Society |url=https://www.goucher.edu/news/amy-skillman-american-folklore-society.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, she was elected president of the American Folklore Society (AFS).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Amy Skillman |url=https://americanfolkloresociety.org/about/2022-afs-candidates/amy-skillman/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=The American Folklore Society |language=en-US}}</ref> She became involved with the AFS in 1978 and served on its executive board from 2009 to 2011.<ref name=":1" /> She is an AFS fellow and a recipient of the Botkin Prize.<ref name=":1" />
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