Judith McCulloh (August 16, 1935 – July 13, 2014) was an American folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and university press editor.
McCulloh was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on August 16, 1935[1] to Henry and Edna Binkele.
[6] The summer before she was to travel to Europe on a Fulbright Fellowship, she attended a Folklore Institute at Indiana University for several weeks.
That event was "the most exhilarating experience"[4] she had ever had, and influenced her decision to not continue her studies at Ohio State University but instead to enroll in Indiana's folklore program.
[5] In her first year at the Press, she launched and was the editor of the acclaimed Music in American Life book series.
Over the course of her career, she was a member of many scholarly organizations, including serving on the board of trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress from 1986–2004.