Awards:
2019 – The Dorothy Howard Folklore and Education Prize
Folklore and Education Section of the American Folklore Society
Awarded to “individuals and organizations whose work effectively encourages educators or students to use the study of folklore and folkloristic approaches in all educational environments”
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Press:
“An Interview with Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman”
Interview
Caroline Shea’s Patreon
Spring 2025
“English alums make magic real at Carterhaugh School”
Article
By Audrey Williams
The Ohio State University English Blog
Fall 2024
“How ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Continues to Enchant Around the World”
Interview
The Not Old, Better Show Podcast with Paul Vogelzang
Episode #817
Summer 2024
“Enchant cards from The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic”
Review
By Kelly Jarvis
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Spring 2024
“Ghosts of Christmas Past with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman”
Interview
Pod Only Knows Podcast with Kelly J. Baker & John Brooks
Episode #17
Winter 2023
“Interview with The Carterhaugh School on Folklore and Fairy Tales”
Interview
Speculating Canada with Derek Newman-Stille
Winter 2023
“Rx of Enchantment, prescribed by the Doctors of Carterhaugh”
Review
By C.S.E. Cooney
C.S.E. Cooney’s Blog
Summer 2023
“Putting Down the Burnout Crown with The Carterhaugh School of Folklore & the Fantastic”
Guest Post
The Bruja Professor Blog by Maria DeBlassie
Summer 2023
“Gender, Sexuality, and the Fairy Tale”
Interview
The Not Old, Better Show Podcast with Paul Vogelzang
Episode #721
Summer 2023
“Why is Old Tech Creepy?”
Interview
Digital Folklore Podcast with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus
Episode #7
Spring 2023
“Hidden Meanings”
Interview
Digital Folklore Podcast with Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus
Episode #3
Winter 2023
“Stories and Folklore”
Interview
Memoir Body, Healing Story Podcast with Janelle Hardy
Episode #134
Fall 2022
“Interview with Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman of the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic”
Interview
Folkwise with Dominick Tartaglia and Daisy Ahlstone
Spring 2022
“The Power of Fairy Tales”
Interview
The Not Old, Better Show Podcast with Paul Vogelzang
Episode #523
Spring 2022
“How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England”
Interviewed For and Quoted in Article
By Elizabeth Yuko
History
Winter 2021
“Alumni Profile: Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman”
Article
George Mason University English Department
Fall 2020
“Inclusivity in Fairy Tales”
Roundtable Discussion with Shveta Thakrar
The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcast with Julia Rios and Mike Underwood
Episode #324
Spring 2017
“The ‘Carterhaugh School of Folklore & the Fantastic’ Brings Us The Best Gift Ever: Fairy Tales!”
Interview
Once Upon a Blog with Gypsy Thornton
Four-Part Interview: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV
December 2016
Write-ups about our events have also appeared in the Washington Post, the Smithsonian Magazine, the Washingtonian, the Georgetowner, DC Refined, the DCist, the Washington City Paper, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress’ Blog, the Shepherdstown Chronicle, and others.
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Past Events:
We regularly lecture for Smithsonian Associates, The Great Courses/Wondrium, and Profs and Pints, but we have also spoken at The Library of Congress Folklife Center, The American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, The Dublin Irish Festival, The Maryland Renaissance Fair, The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, The Providence Athenaeum, The Cambridge Research Network for Fairy-Tale Studies, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, the Willa Cather Foundation, the Magickal Women Conference, the Folklore Podcast Lecture Series, the International Conference on Romanticism, Romancing the Gothic, Folkwise, The Mythopoeic Society Conference, ReaderCon, FaerieCon, and many libraries and shops around the country.
We have additionally given presentations at Brown University, Kingston University, Indiana University: Bloomington, Wayne State University, Saint Mary’s University College, The Ohio State University, and George Mason University.
Please reach out if you are interested in booking us for your event!
