Marsha Penti
Finnish North American Literature Association
Pertinent Publications:
Michigan Technological University (Houghton), Dissertation: "Religious Identities in
Student Writing: Understanding Students of Difference," 1998.
Indiana University (Bloomington), Dissertation: "The Role of Ethnic Folklore Among
Finnish-American Returnees," 1983.
At Laskiainen in Palo, Everyone is a Finn. Consultant. Smithsonian Institution
Office of Folklore Programs, 1983.
"Laskiainen in Palo: Vitality in an Ethnic Folk Festival." Finns in North America, Ed.
Michael G. Karni et al. Turku, Finland, Institute of Migration, 1988.
"The Life of a Southeastern Massachusetts Finnish Cranberry-Growing
Community." Finnish Diaspora II: United States. Ed. Michael G. Karni. Toronto:
The Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1981. 87-105.
“Notions of American Finnish Culture: Continuations across Centuries?.” Entering
Multiculturalism: Finnish Experiences Abroad. Ed. Olavi Koivukangas. Turku,
Finland: Institute of Migration, 2002. 152-63.
"Piikajutut: Stories Maids Told," Women who Dared: The History of Finnish-
American Women. Eds. Carl Ross and K. Marianne Brown. St Paul: Immigration
History Research Center, U of MN, 1986. 55-72.