Emily Hilliard is the Program Director of Folk and Traditional Arts at Mid Atlantic Arts and the former West Virginia State Folklorist and Founding Director of the West Virginia Folklife Program. Her writing and media work have been published by NPR, Oxford American, Southern Cultures, and The Bitter Southerner, among others. She serves as the film reviews editor for the Journal of American Folklore and is a 2021-2022 American Folklife Center Archie Green Fellow for a project documenting the occupational culture of rural mail carriers in Central Appalachia. Her book, Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia, will be published by UNC Press in November 2022. Find more at emilyehilliard.com.