Andy Kolovos, PhD is an ethnographer and ethnographic archivist with over 26 years of professional experience. He has conducted ethnographic and oral history research in Vermont since 2002, and presents and consults internationally on theory and practice in ethnographic archives, audio preservation, audio field recording for ethnography and oral history, and ethnographic and oral history interviewing.
His professional interests include graphic ethnography/ethnographic cartooning, audio field recording, audio preservation, and theory and practice in folklore and folklife archives. Andy is co-founder of The Non-Fiction Comics Festival, the only event in the world dedicated solely to nonfiction cartooning.
Kolovos holds a PhD in Folklore and Ethnomusicology and an MLS with a concentration in archives and special collections, both from Indiana University.