Kim Kennedy White, PhD, is a folklorist, writer, and teacher from Boulder, Colorado. She is the John W. Emery Family Associate Curator of Oral History at History Colorado. Her work explores various intersections of culture, identity, and traditional arts through oral, aural, and visual storytelling. She is co-editor of Folk Heroes and Heroines around the World; America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States; and Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art and co-founder of Hypnotic Turtle, a local independent arts and music collective.