People
Faculty
Dr. Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, Director of the Kule Folklore Centre, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography & Interim Curator of the BMUFA
Dr. Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Huculak Chair in Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography
Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky, Huculak Chair Emeritus
Dr. Natalie Kononenko, Kule Chair Emerita
Dr. Olga Zaitseva-Herz, Postdoctoral Fellow
Board of Directors 2024-2025
Dr. Robert Wood, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta - Chair
Dr. Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography - Interim Director, Kule Folklore Centre
Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky - Founding Director, Kule Folklore Centre
Dr. Natalia Khanenko Friesen, Huculak Chair - Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Representative
Dr. Victoria Ruetalo, Professor, MLCS - Chair, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS)
Dr. Jelena Pogosjan, Professor, MLCS - Faculty Representative, MLCS
Jason Golinowski, President, Friends of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre - Friends of the Ukrainian Folklore Centre Representative
Dr. Mark Minenko, C.D., LL.B., PhD. - Community Representative
Dr. Andie Palmer, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology - Past Interim Director, Kule Folklore Centre
Staff
Lynnien Pawluk, Kule Folklore Centre Coordinator
Natalia Yesypenko, Archivist Assistant/Researcher
Eric Fincham, Archival Assistant
Sia Chernyavska, Archives and Library Assistant
Marta Dvuliat, Research Assistant
Communications Team
Andrea Reisdorf, Graphic Design
Illia Pokotylo, Website Maintenance and Design
Mariia Valiieva, Social Media
Alumni
Dr. Andie Palmer, Interim Director of the Kule Folklore Centre (2023-2024)
Dr. Jelena Pogosjan, Past Director of the Kule Folklore Centre (2016-2022)
Maryna Chernyavska, Past Archivist
Friends Society - Board of Directors
Jason Golinowski - President
Oleksandr Pankieiev - Vice-President
Michael Kornylo - Treasurer
Maryna Chernyavska - Secretary
Natalia Toroshenko
Lydia Migus
Andrea Kopylech
Greg Nakonechny
Garrett Gregoraschuk
Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn - ex oficio