Thomas A. DuBois

Thomas A. DuBois is a Folklorist, scholar of Sámi culture, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. DuBois received his Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. He taught at the University of Washington from 1990-1999. While there, he founded the Finnish Studies Program in the Department of Scandinavian Studies. In 2000, DuBois moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor in the Scandinavian Studies Department, as well as the Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore. DuBois also serves as the Director of the Religious Studies Program.

His research interests include folklore and identity in the Nordic region, particularly in connection with Finnish, Sámi, and Swedish cultures. DuBois also researches the Baltic region and the broader cultural context of Northern Europe, as well as Celtic-Scandinavian cultural relations. DuBois has written, edited, or co-edited several books and has published articles in journals such as Journal of American Folklore, Journal of Finnish Studies, Scandinavian Studies, and Oral Tradition. In 2013, DuBois became the President of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. He is the editor of the Folklore of the Nordic-Baltic Region series, published by the Welsh Academic Press. Together with James P. Leary, he is currently co-editor of the Journal of American Folklore.

DuBois translated into English Johan Turi's An Account of the Sámi, the first secular book ever written in the Sámi language. The translation was published in 2011 by Nordic Studies Press.