Edward Y. Millar

Edward Y. Millar serves as Adjunct Professor at Niagara University's College of Arts and Sciences and Curator of Folk Arts at the Castellani Art Museum, focusing on Buffalo-Niagara region cultural heritage through fieldwork, exhibition development, and digital content creation. He holds board positions with New York Folklore and the Lewiston Council on the Arts.

His research centers on foodways, folk art, folk music (particularly ballads), folk narrative, and occupational folklife, emphasizing community-based documentation of cultural traditions. Recent projects include the 'Knowing Land' exhibition exploring Tuscarora Nation culture-environment connections and the 'Survive, Remember, Thrive' documentary series on Armenian heritage in Western New York.

Publications demonstrate consistent ethnographic approaches to cultural preservation, with recurring themes in occupational cultures, food identity, and innovative museum practices bridging folk and fine art contexts. His work frequently involves collaborative community partnerships for exhibition and digital content development.

Millar received the Archie Green Fellowship (2020) from the American Folklife Center for documenting Ransomville Speedway dirt track racing culture. He has organized major conferences including the 2017 New York Folklore Conference and 2018 American Folklore Society Conference.

Professional activities include co-facilitating workshops on folklore-heritage engagement and presenting on pandemic-era fieldwork adaptations. He collaborates with cultural institutions like the Library of Congress and New York State Archives on community documentation initiatives.