[1][3][4] In 1906, he received a BA from Northwestern University and MA (1907) and doctorate (1913) from Columbia.
[6] By 1914, Fansler appears in the Columbia College catalog as an assistant professor of English.
[5] In the early 1920s, Fansler was a professor at Columbia College and receives mention as an acquaintance (probably teacher) in the first autobiography of Mortimer J.
[1] Franz Boas recommended that Fansler earn his doctorate and inspired him to prepare Philippine material for publication.
[7] In 1956, the "most widely known collection of Philippine folktales" was Dean Fansler's Filipino Popular Tales.