Simon J Bronner Author, Translator & Editor

Simon J. Bronner is distinguished professor of American studies and folklore and the director of the Center for Pennsylvania Culture Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. He is the author of Explaining Traditions: Folk Behavior in Modern Culture and the editor of Encyclopedia of American Folklife. Joshua R. Brown is associate professor of German at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is a coeditor of The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary.