Brad McMullen lives in Las Vegas, NV, where he serves as the State Folklorist for Nevada and as the Folklife Specialist at the Nevada Arts Council. Before joining the Nevada Arts Council, he was the Programs and Gathering Manager at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, NV where he oversaw the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and other programs. He has three master’s degrees – one in Public Folklore and one in Arts Administration, both from University of Oregon, and one in Welsh from Cardiff University.