James Deutsch is a curator and editor at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. Since 2003, he has helped plan and develop public programs on California, China, Hungary, Peace Corps, Apollo Theater, Circus Arts, Native Americans, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mekong River, U.S. Forest Service, World War II, Silk Road, and White House workers. In addition, he serves as an adjunct professor—teaching courses on American film history and folklore—in the American Studies Department at George Washington University. Deutsch has also taught American Studies classes at universities in Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Poland, and Turkey. Overall, he has held more than 60 different jobs, including: newspaper reporter, librarian, park ranger/forest ranger, census enumerator, and monorail operator at Walt Disney World.

Article

• Deutsch, James I. 2024. "Bridging Gaps and Stirring Dreams: Lucy XC Liu’s Integration of Traditional and Contemporary Art." Folklife Magazine, 2024
• Deutsch, James I. 2024. "What Indigenous Cultures From Around the World Believe About Eclipses." Smithsonian Magazine, Apr 4, 2024, Washington, DC. 2024
• Deutsch, James I. 2024. "Why Things Go Topsy-Turvy on February 29: Origins and Lore of Leap Day." Folklife Magazine, 2024
• Deutsch, James I. 2024. "[Film review] The American Buffalo." Journal of American History, 111, (1) 203–205. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae085. 2024
• Deutsch, James I. 2024. "[Film review] The American Buffalo, by Ken Burns." Journal of American History, 111, (1) 203–205. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae085. 2024
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. "Ted K. [film review]." Journal of American History, 110, (1) 185–186. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaad097. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. and Bochantin, Levi. 2023. "The Folkloric Roots and Pandemic Popularity of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory." Cultural Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture, Forum Series 1 1–11. (Pandemics and Politics) 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. "Pandemic Films in the United States." Aurion, 21 97–110. (Pandemic Discourse) 2022
• Deutsch, James. 2021. "Loki's Place in Trickster Mythology." Smithsonian Magazine, Jun 9, 2021, 2021
• Geng, Sophia and Deutsch, James I. 2021. "Marrying off the Caterpillars Festival: Folktales as a Medium for Eclecticism." Transcultural Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2, (2) 28–40. https://doi.org/10.21608/tjhss.2021.199208. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "A Street-Wise Philosopher Explains What It Means to Be Homeless Amid the Pandemic." Smithsonian Magazine, Aug 24, 2020, 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "A Washington, D.C. Couple Shares How the Pandemic Complicates Homelessness." Smithsonian Magazine, Aug 12, 2020, Washington, DC. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "Here's Why Taking America's Roll Call Is a Hard-Knock Job." Washington DC. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "How to Detect the Age-Old Traditions of Folklore in Today's COVID-19 Misinformation." Washington, DC. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "Why Is This Year's Passover Seder Different From All Other Years'?" Washington, DC. 2020
• Deutsch, James. 2019. "Moments on the Metro: The Photographs of Hugh Talman." Folklife Magazine, 2019
• Deutsch, James. 2019. "O Woe, Romeo and Juliet Never Exchanged Valentines." Folklife Magazine, 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. "A Folklorist's Cryptic Valentine Tradition." Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, Feb 14, 2018, Washington, DC. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. "Hidden Figures." Journal of American History, 105, (1) 232–233. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jay133. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Folklore, Politics, and Fake News in the Reception of Rogue One." New Directions in Folklore, 15, (1) 109–120. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "How the Narwhal Got Its Tusk." Smithsonian Magazine Online, Aug 7, 2017, Washington, DC. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Myth and Matricide: How the Narwhal Got Its Tusk." Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Magazine, Aug 4, 2017, Washington, DC. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Two Circus Pros Juggle History and Race to Springboard Black Entertainers." Smithsonian Magazine Online, Jun 27, 2017, Washington, DC. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. "'No communist could dream of a more effective anti-American film': Dr. Strangelove and its red reviewers." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 36, (1) 40–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2015.1134108. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. "Selma." Journal of American History, 102, (1) 321–322. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav207. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. "Why the Story of Cinderella Endures and Resonates." Smithsonian, (March 13), Washington D.C.. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "The Legend of What Actually Lived in the "No Man's Land" Between World War I's Trenches." Smithsonian Magazine Online, (September 8, 2014), 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "The Sorrowing Boy with Green Hair: A Cinematic Allegory against War and Injustice." American and British Studies Annual, 7 30–37. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. "The Reconstruction of Asa Carter: film review." Journal of American History, 100 313–314. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jat177. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "41 : film review." Journal of American History, 99, (3) 1008–1009. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jas505. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 32, (2) 306–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2012.670376. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Rothstein's First Assignment: A Story About Documentary Truth." Journal of American History, 99, (1) 382–384. (Oil in american History: A Special Issue) https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jas124. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Runaway Romances: Hollywood's Postwar Tour of Europe." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 32, (2) 305–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2012.669198. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Pomp, Protocol, and Monarchical Manners: State Dinners at the White House." Journal of American Culture, 33, (1) 48–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-734X.2010.00730.x. 2010
• ‘No communist could dream of a more effective anti-American film’: Dr. Strangelove and its red reviewers.  Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.  36.

Blog Posting

• Deutsch, James I. 2022. "The Festival's Pakistani Painted Truck Keeps on Truckin'." Festival Blog Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural History. Sep 7, 2022. https://festival.si.edu/blog/pakistani-painted-truck. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. "A Towering Task to Promote World Peace and Friendship." Festival Blog Washington, DC: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Mar 2, 2021. https://festival.si.edu/blog/a-towering-task-to-promote-world-peace-and-friendship. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. "Are You a Friend of Dorothy? Folk Speech of the LGBTQ Community." Smithsonian Voices Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Magazine. Jun 29, 2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2021/06/29/are-you-friend-dorothy-folk-speech-lgbtq-community/. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. "Cicada Folklore, or Why We Don't Mind Billions of Burrowing Bugs at Once." Smithsonian Voices Washington, DC: Smithsonian Magazine. May 25, 2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2021/05/25/cicada-folklore/. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "A Taste of the German Christmas Market at Home: Glühwein mit Schuss." Smithsonian Voices Washington, DC: Smithsonian Magazine. Dec 22, 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-center-folklife-cultural-heritage/2020/12/22/german-christmas-market-gluhwein-mit-schuss/. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. and Hollinger, R. Eric. 2017. "Sustainability at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival." Alliance Blog American Alliance of Museums. Sep 13, 2017. https://www.aam-us.org/2017/09/13/sustainability-at-the-smithsonian-folklife-festival. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. "Are You a Friend of Dorothy? Folk Speech of the LGBT Community." Talk Story: Culture in Motion 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. "American Roots, Routes, and Bridges in China." Talk Story: Culture in Motion 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. "The Father, the Son, and an Almost Holy Architectural Masterpiece in Bangladesh." Talk Story: Culture in Motion Washington DC: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. February 24. http://www.folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2015/the-father-the-son-and-an-almost-holy-architectural-masterpiece-in-bangladesh/. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "Christmas Cabbage for Polish Wiligia." Talk Story: Culture in Motion Washington DC: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. December 22. http://www.folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2014/christmas-cabbage-for-polish-wiligia/. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "From Trinity to Crossroads: Folklore of the First Atomic Bomb Tests." Talk Story: Culture in Motion Washington DC: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. November 24. http://www.folklife.si.edu/talkstory/2014/from-trinity-to-crossroads-folklore-of-the-first-atomic-bomb-tests/. 2014

Chapter

• Deutsch, James I. 2024. "I Can’t (Don’t) Breathe: White Veterans and Twenty-First-Century Culture Wars." In Culture Wars and Horror Movies Social Fears and Ideology in Post-2010 Horror Cinema. Gregorio-Fernández, Noelia and Méndez-García, Carmen M., editors. 47–62. Cham, Switzeerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53836-0. 2024
• Deutsch, James I., Geist, Troyd, and Bloomquist, Pieper. 2023. "Silver Linings: Chronicling Cultural Sustainability at the Geographic Center of North America." In Behind the Mask: Vernacular Culture in the Time of COVID. Bridges, Ben, Brillhart, Ross, and Goldstein, Diane E., editors. 76–96. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. https://doi.org/10.7330/9781646424818. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. "You Don't Need a Weatherman: Bob Dylan's Windlore." In Wait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century. Mullins, Willow G. and Ingram, Shelley, editors. 160–175. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. "Steve Kaslov." In Roma Portraits in History: Roma Civic Emancipation Elite in Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe from the 19th Century until World War II. Marushiakova, Elena and Popov, Vesselin, editors. 507–517. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Schöningh. https://doi.org/10.30965/9783657705191. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. "From the 'Mad Dash' to 'Shopping Alone': Thanksgiving Rituals of Consumption on Black Friday and Cyber Monday." In The Ritual Year 12: Regulating Customs. McKean, Thomas A., editor. 114–129. Moscow: Polymedia Limited. In The Yearbook of the SIEF (Société Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore) Working Group on the Ritual Year. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "Belly Dance." In Music around the World: A Global Encyclopedia. Martin, Andrew R. and Mihalka, Matthew, editors. 85–87. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "Folklife in the Nation’s Capital: The George Washington University Experience." In Folklore in the United States and Canada: An Institutional History. Sawin, Patricia and Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy, editors. 205–212. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. "The Wild Deserters of No Man's Land: A Ghoulish Legend of the Great War." In Different Drummers: Military Culture and Its Discontents. Tuleja, Tad, editor. 122–133. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. (https://doi.org/10.7330/9781607329527), https://doi.org/10.7330/9781607329527.c008. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. "Gateways and Crossroads on the U.S. National Mall: The Romania Program at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival." In Ideology, Identity, and the US: Crossroads, Freeways, Collisions. Vlad, Eduard, Ciugureanu, Adina, and Stanca, Nicoleta, editors. 113–123. Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang. (https://doi.org/10.3726/b16425) 2019
• Deutsch, James I. and Butvin, Halle M. 2019. "Market Forces and Marketplace Economics at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival." In The Folklorist in the Marketplace: Conversations at the Crossroads of Vernacular Culture and Economics. Mullins, Willow G. and Batra-Wells, Puja, editors. 72–91. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. (https://doi.org/10.7330/9781607327851), https://doi.org/10.7330/9781607327851.c003. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. "Slaughterhouse-Five." In Literary Geography: An Encyclopedia of Real and Imagined Settings. Houston, Lynn Marie, editor. 255–258. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood/ABC-CLIO. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. "Traditions of Retirement in American Life and Literature." In Traditions and Transitions. Slavova, Emilia, editor. 268–277. Sofia, Bulgaria: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. "City-Wide Sweeps of the Homeless." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. Arrigo, Bruce A., editor. 170–171. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. ""People's Genius and Creativity": Foodways at the Festival of American Folklife." In Food and Museums. Levent, Nina and Mihalache, Irina D., editors. 161–170. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "A Child of the Ghetto." In Race in American Film: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation. Bernardi, Daniel and Green, Michael, editors. 175–177. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Armenia." In Etiquette and Taboos around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Customs. Taylor, Ken and Williams, Victoria, editors. 15–17. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Crossing Borders on the U.S. National Mall: The African Diaspora Programs at the Festival of American Folklife." In Mapping the History of Folklore Studies: Centres, Borderlands and Shared Spaces. Bula, Dace and Laime, Sandis, editors. 60–67. Cambridge (U.K.): Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Japanese War Bride." In Race in American Film: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation. Bernardi, Daniel and Green, Michael, editors. 479–481. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Romance of a Jewess." In Race in American Film: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation. Bernardi, Daniel and Green, Michael, editors. 758–759. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. "Shifting Paradigms for Paradigm Shifts." In New Paradigms in English Studies: Language, Linguistics, Literature and Culture in Higher Education. Slavova, Emilia, Hristov, Bozhil, McCreedy, Jonathan, Ishpekova, Rositsa, Glavanakova, Alexandra, Yakimova, Nelly, and Igov, Angel, editors. 293–302. Sofia, Bulgaria: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. "Bulgaria (Eastern Europe), Bulgarian American." In Ethnic American Cooking: Recipes for Living in a New World. Long, Lucy M., editor. 32–33. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. "Good Enough for Government Work? Federal Agencies at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival." In Curatorial Conversations: Cultural Representation and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Cadaval, Olivia, Kim, Sojin, and N'Diaye, Diana Baird, editors. 111–132. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496805980.003.0008. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. "Mongolian American Culture." In Asian American Culture: From Anime to Tiger Moms. Dong, Lan, editor. 535–538. Santa Barbara: Greenwood/ABC-CLIO. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. "Bulgarian Americans." In Ethnic American Food Today: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Long, Lucy, editor. 86–88. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. In Ethnic American Food Today v.2. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. "Walt Whitman." In The World of the Civil War: A Daily Life Encyclopedia. Frank, Lisa Yvette Tendrich, editor. 71–74. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "American Friends: The United States as Viewed by Wim Wenders from the 1970s to the 2000s." In America in Foreign Media. Peprník, Michal and Sweney, Matthew, editors. 177–186. Olomouc, Czech Republic: Palacký University Olomouc. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "Benjamin Orange Flower." In Encyclopedia of Populism in America: A Historical Encyclopedia. Kindell, Alexandra and Demers, Elizabeth S., editors. 256–257. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. and Shaw, Lauren R. 2014. "Citizen Nick: Civic Engagement and Folk Culture in the Life and Work of Nicholas Ray." In Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema. Rybin, Steven and Scheibel, Will, editors. 109–121. Albany: SUNY Press. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "Jackalope." In Encyclopedia of Deception. Levine, Timothy R., editor. 555–557. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483306902.n209. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "John McBride." In Encyclopedia of Populism in America: A Historical Encyclopedia. Kindell, Alexandra and Demers, Elizabeth S., editors. 420–421. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "Norman Rockwell." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Coleman, Marilyn J. and Ganong, Lawrence H., editors. 1138–1140. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n456. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. "Pirates, Bandits, and Runagates: Roving Outlaws on Early American Waterways." In Waterways and Byways, 1600-1890. Benes, Peter and Benes, Jane Montague, editors. 100–108. Concord, MA: Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. "Homelessness." In Global Social Issues: An Encyclopedia. Bates, Christopher G. and Ciment, James, editors. 422–425. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. and Fülemile, Ágnes. 2013. "Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival." In 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Belanus, Betty J. and Kim, Sojin, editors. 10–17. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. "Lincoln Steffens." In Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime, 2nd ed.. Salinger, Lawrence M., editor. 871–872. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. "The Searchers." In Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia. Cortés, Carlos E., editor. 1897–1899. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. "Women in Military Service for America Memorial." In An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields. Frank, Lisa Tendrich, editor. 613–615. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Charles F. Lummis." In Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions. Herrera-Sobek, María, editor. 741–742. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Conjuring Culture: The Smithsonian's Outdoor Museum and Intangible Cultural Heritage." In International Conference on Museums and Intangible Heritage. National Folk Museum of Korea, editor. 192–198. Seoul: National Folk Museum of Korea. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. and Shaw, Lauren R. 2012. "From Liliom to Carousel to Liliom." In From Stage to Screen: Musical Films in Europe and United States (1927-1961). Sala, Massimiliano, editor. 93–112. Turnhout: Brepols. 19 in Speculum Musicae Series. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Gregorio Cortez." In Great Lives from History: Latinos. Tafolla, Carmen and Cotera, Martha P., editors. 273–274. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "John Dillinger." In The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia. Miller, Wilbur R., editor. 463–465. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. In Sage Reference. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Movie Palaces." In The Twenties in America. Rollyson, Carl, editor. 594. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. "Sunita Williams." In Great Lives from History: Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Okihiro, Gary Y., editor. 803–804. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "Dore Schary." In Great Lives from History: Jewish Americans. Medoff, Rafael, editor. 1035–1037. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "Folklore and Cultural Studies." In Topical Folk: Interpretations of Traditional Culture. Proceedings of the 7th Honchar Readings Conference. Poshyvailo, Ihor, editor. 249–252. Kyiv (Ukraine): Ivan Honchar Museum. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "John Dillinger." In The Thirties in America. Lewis, Thomas Tandy, editor. 235–236. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "John L. Sullivan." In Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia. Riess, Steven A., editor. 869–870. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "Oscar Micheaux." In Great Lives from History: African Americans. Bankston, Carl L. III, editor. 1055–1056. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "Samuel I. Newhouse." In Great Lives from History: The Incredibly Wealthy. Bromberg, Howard, editor. 662–663. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "Sweet Honey in the Rock." In Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Stange, Mary Zeiss, Oyster, Carol K., and Sloan, Jane E., editors. 1427–1428. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. "The Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Promoting World Peace and Friendship." In The 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival [program book]. Kim, Sojin and Reddy, Sita, editors. 38–51. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Alabama." In Encyclopedia of Motherhood. O'Reilly, Andrea, editor. 40–41. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Bouffant." In The American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia. Willett, Julie, editor. 57–58. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Broadway Anti-Fascist: Elmer Rice’s Flight to the West." In Language, Culture, Identity. Todorova, Rumyana, Seizova-Nankova, Temenuzhka, and Popova, Velka, editors. 189–195. Shumen, Bulgaria: Faber. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Covacevich’s Mexican Sojourn, 1931-1942." In Following the Sun: The Art of Sue Jean Covacevich, 1905–1998. Seaton, Elizabeth G., editor. 28–41. Manhattan, Kans.: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Dust Tracks on a Road." In Masterplots. 4th ed. Mazzeno, Laurence W., editor. 1677–1679. Pasadena: Salem Press. 3 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Monte Irvin." In Great Athletes: Baseball. Rasmussen, R. Kent, editor. 262–264. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "NASA’s Fifty Years of Ups and Downs: Right Stuff, Wrong Stuff, and Fixing Stuff on the Frontiers of Space." In America in Motion: Proceedings of the 15th International Colloquium of American Studies. Arbeit, Marcel and Trusník, Roman, editors. 205–218. Olomouc, Czech Republic: Palacky University. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Peddlers." In The Early Republic and Antebellum America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Bates, Christopher G., editor. 794–796. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Ted Turner." In Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Voices, and Viewpoints. Chapman, Roger, editor. 569–570. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "The Best Years of Our Lives." In The Forties in America. Lewis, Thomas Tandy, editor. 112–113. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "The Folklife Festival Marketplace." In The 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival [Program Book]: México, Asian Pacific Americans, Smithsonian Inside Out. Deutsch, James I., editor. 64–65. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. "Washington, D.C." In Encyclopedia of American Immigration. Bankston, Carl L., editor. 1048–1049. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "Film Star Mary Astor’s Diary Becomes a Public Sensation." In Great Events from History: Modern Scandals. Bankston, Carl L., editor. 184–187. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "Ma Barker." In Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife. Locke, Liz, Vaughn, Theresa A., and Greenhill, Pauline, editors. 34–35. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "NC-17 Rating." In The Nineties in America. Berman, Milton, editor. 609–610. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "Reader's Digest." In Historical Encyclopedia of American Business. Wilson, Richard L., editor. 715–717. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "Riddle." In Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife. Locke, Liz, Vaughn, Theresa A., and Greenhill, Pauline, editors. 597–598. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "Rock Paper Scissors." In The Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society. Carlisle, Rodney P., editor. 603–604. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. "Showgirls." In The Nineties in America. Berman, Milton, editor. 771. Pasadena: Salem Press. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Ernest Shackleton." In Ireland and America: Culture, Politics, and History. Burne, James P., Coleman, Philip, and King, Jason, editors. 852–854. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Frederick Tyrone Power." In Ireland and America: Culture, Politics, and History. Byrne, James P., Coleman, Philip, and King, Jason, editors. 767–768. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Glenn Quinn." In Ireland and America: Culture, Politics, and History. Byrne, James P., Coleman, Philip, and King, Jason, editors. 783–784. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2008
• Deutsch, James I., Dick, Steven J., and Garber, Stephen J. 2008. "NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond." In The 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival [program book]. Sebold, Mary, editor. 34–53. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Shelley Duvall." In The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Haase, Donald, editor. 284–285. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Thomas D. Rice." In The Jim Crow Encyclopedia. Brown, Nikki L. M. and Stentiford, Barry M., editors. 691–692. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Washington, D.C." In Ireland and America: Culture, Politics, and History. Byrne, James P., Coleman, Philip, and King, Jason, editors. 910–912. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. "Woody Strode." In African American National Biography. Gates, Henry Louis,Jr. and Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks, editors. 441–442. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008

Conference Paper

• Deutsch, James I. 2022. "Deaf Culture at the Intersection of History and Disability." from Disability at the Intersection of History, Culture, Religion, Gender, and Health. 67–74. Interdisciplinary Conference on Disability at the Intersection of History, Culture, Religion, Gender, and Health (Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 2022-03-03. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marquette University. 2022

Review

• Deutsch, James I. 2024. [Book review] "Rags and Bones: An Exploration of The Band." Western Folklore, 83, (1), 135–137. 2024
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "100 American Horror Films, by Barry Keith Grant." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2023.2232150. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs." Western Folklore, 82, (2), 227–229. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Networked David Lynch: Critical Perspectives on Cinematic Transmediality." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 61, (4), 457. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Reframing Todd Haynes: Feminism's Indelible Mark." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 60, (February), 582–582. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Robin Hood: Legend and Reality." Western Folklore, 82, (1 (Winter)), 112–114. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History." Journal of American History, 110, (3), 600–602. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaad345. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Seven Poor Children (Syv fattige børn)." The Public Historian, 45, (4), 111–114. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2023.45.4.111. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "The Hard Sell of Paradise: Hawai’i, Hollywood, Tourism." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 60, (10), 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2023. [Book review] "Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests, by Kristoffer Hegnsvad." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 43, (1), 324–325. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2022.2160054. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "Attica." Journal of American History, 109, (3), 733–734. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaac455. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 59, (July), 1323–1324. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "Johnny Breadless: A Pacifist Fairy Tale." Western Folklore, 81, (1 (Winter)), 81–83. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "Shadow of a Doubt." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 42, (1), 144–145. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2021.2019910. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "The Savvy Sphinx: How Garbo Conquered Hollywood." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 60, (2), 163–164. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "The Seventies: The Decade That Changed American Film Forever." Choice: Scholarly Reviews for Academic Libraries, 59, (6 (February)), 790–790. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. [Book review] "The Velvet Underground." Journal of American History, 109, (1), 218–219. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaac228. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. [Book review] "Folklore in Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence." Western Folklore, 80, (2 (Spring)), 241–243. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. [Book review] "I Died a Million Times: Gangster Noir in Midcentury America." Choice: Scholarly Reviews for Academic Libraries, 59, (3), 457–458. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. [Book review] "Review: Stamping American Memory: Collectors, Citizens, and the Post , by Sheila A. Brennan." The Public Historian, 43, (3), 103–105. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2021.43.3.103. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. [Book review] "The Blinding of Isaac Woodard." Journal of American History, 108, (3 (December)), 671–672. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaab341. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. [Book review] "The Trial of the Chicago 7." Journal of American History, 108, (1), 226–228. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaab059. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 58, (2), 148. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "From El Dorado to Lost Horizons: Traditionalist Films in the Hollywood Renaissance, 1967–1972." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 57, (5 (January)), 549–550. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band." Journal of American History, 107, (3), 801–802. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaa444. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "Outliers and American Vanguard Art." Western Folklore, 79, (2/3), 294–296. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "Sofia History Museum." The Public Historian, 42, (2), 127–129. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2020.42.2.127. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "The City in American Cinema: Film and Postindustrial Culture." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 57, (7 (March)), 764–764. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. [Book review] "The Highwaymen." Journal of American History, 107, (1), 284–285. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaa170. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. [Book review] "Green Book." Journal of American History, 106, (3), 851–852. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaz666. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. [Book review] "Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 56, (5 (January)), 620–620. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. [Book review] "Late Westerns: The Persistence of a Genre." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 56, (9 (May)), 1132–1132. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. [Book review] "The Eugenics Crusade." Journal of American History, 106, (1), 284–285. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaz330. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "American Independent Cinema: An Introduction." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 55, (10), 1209–1210. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "California mission landscapes: race, memory, and the politics of heritage." International Journal of Heritage Studies, 24, (10), 1084–1085. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1475412. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "Dirty Harry's America: Clint Eastwood, Harry Callahan, and the Conservative Backlash by Joe Street." American Studies, 56, (3-4), 109–110. https://doi.org/10.1353/ams.2018.0005. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "Estonian National Museum (Eesti Rahva Muuseum), Tartu, Estonia." The Public Historian, 40, (2), 132–134. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2018.40.2.132. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "No Idle Hands: The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art." Western Folklore, 77, (3/4 (Summer/Fall)), 359–361. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "The Post." Journal of American History, 105, (3), 778–780. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jay438. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. [Book review] "Wes Anderson." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 55, (7), 840–841. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "Comfort and Glory: Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center." Western Folklore, 76, (3), 368–370. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "Imperial Affects: Sensational Melodrama and the Attractions of American Cinema." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 55, (4), 461. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "Legendary Louisiana Outlaws: The Villains and Heroes of Folk Justice." Journal of Southern History, 83, 417–418. https://doi.org/10.1353/soh.2017.0103. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "Projections of Memory: Romanticism, Modernism, and the Aesthetics of Film." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 54, (6), 870. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "Reconstructing Strangelove: Inside Stanley Kubrick's "Nightmare Comedy"." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 54, (11), 1641. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "The Boys of '36." Journal of American History, 104, (1), 289–290. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jax154. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. [Book review] "The Emigration Museum (das Auswanderermuseum) BallinStadt Hamburg, Germany." Public Historian, 39, (3), 125–129. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2017.39.3.125. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. [Book review] "Chuck Norris vs. Communism." Journal of American History, 103, (3), 856–858. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw500. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. [Book review] "Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development, by Luisa del Giudice." Western Folklore, 75, (1), 109–111. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. [Book review] "Shot on Location: Postwar American Cinema and the Exploration of Real Place." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 54, (1), 60. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. [Book review] "The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies: Spies, Noirs, and Trust." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 53, 1334. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. [Book review] "The Seventies." Journal of American History, 103, (1), 287–290. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw165. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age, ed. by Stanley C. Pelkey, II and Anthony Bushard." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 52, 1847. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.190719. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "Exhibit Review: Žanis Lipke Memorial." The Public Historian, 37, (2), 163–167. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2015.37.2.163. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 35, (1), 199–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2014.997576. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "Science, Bread, and Circuses: Folkloristic Essays on Science for the Masses." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 52, (9), 1520. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.189308. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "Showbiz Politics: Hollywood in American Political Life, by Kathryn Cramer Brownell." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 52, (8), 1319. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.189156. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "Stanley Kubrick: New Perspectives." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 35, (3), 518–519. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2015.1059611. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 23: Folk Art." Western Folklore, 74, (1), 100–101. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk Art Revealed." Western Folklore, 74, (2), 218–220. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. [Book review] "The Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America's National Anthem." American Studies, 54, (2), 42–43. https://doi.org/10.1353/ams.2015.0075. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. [Book review] "Bringing History to Life Through Film: The Art of Cinematic Storytelling." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 51, 1986. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.51-6060. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. [Book review] "Parkland (film)." Journal of American History, 101, 364–365. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jau218. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. [Book review] "Post-Westerns: Cinema, Region, West, by Neil Campbell." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 51, 1599. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.51-4916. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. [Book review] "The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 34, 288–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2014.914664. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. [Book review] "The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show." Journal of American History, 101, 1022–1024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jau554. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. [Book review] "Why We Left: Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants, by Joanna Brooks." American Studies, 53, (3), 94–95. https://doi.org/10.1353/ams.2014.0128. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. [Book review] "A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film, edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 33, (1), 132–134. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2013.765097. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. [Book review] "Brothers on the Line (film)." Journal of American History, 100, 935–937. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jat515. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. [Book review] "Hollywood's Last Golden Age: Politics, Society, and the Seventies Film in America by Jonathan Kirshner." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 50, 1631. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. [Book review] "Response to Richard Knox Robinson." Journal of American History, 99, (4), 1336–1337. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jas642. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. [Book review] "Robert Wise: Shadowlands." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 50, 1440. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2013. [Book review] "Todd Haynes." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 51, 86. 2013
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. [Book review] "American Smart Cinema by Claire Perkins." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 49, 2065. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. [Book review] "Cinematic Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 32, 122–123. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. [Book review] "Film and the American Moral Vision of Nature: Theodore Roosevelt to Walt Disney." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 49, 1243–1243. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. [Book review] "Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World, by Charles D. Thompson, Jr." Western Folklore, 71, (2), 186–187. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. [Book review] "Useful Cinema." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 49, 1881. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "America's Folklorist: B. A. Botkin and American Culture." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 48, 1270–1270. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "Arthur Penn: American Director (by Nat Segaloff)." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 48, 310–311. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "Harvest of Loneliness." Journal of American History, 98, 944–945. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "Hollywood Lighting: From the Silent Era to Film Noir." Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 31, (2), 317–318. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2011.574451. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "Newslore: Contemporary Folklore on the Internet." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 49, 669–669. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "Pictures from a Drawer: Prison and the Art of Portraiture, by Bruce Jackson." Western Folklore, 70, (3/4), 390–392. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. [Book review] "The Film Paintings of David Lynch: Challenging Film Theory." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 48, (6), 1088. 2011
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. [Book review] "Authors Out Here: Fitzgerald, West, Parker, and Schulberg in Hollywood." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 48, (2), 274. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. [Book review] "It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television." Film International, 8, (1), 78–79. https://doi.org/10.1386/fiin.8.1.78. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. [Book review] "Lydia's Open Door: Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel." Western Folklore, 69, 136–137. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. [Book review] "Mystery, Violence, and Popular Culture." Journal of American Folklore, 123, (488), 235–236. https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0122. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. [Book review] "Robert Altman: The Oral Biography." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 47, 1289. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2010. [Book review] "The Parkinsons and Power for the Parkinsons." Journal of American History, 97, (3), 906. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/97.3.906. 2010
• Deutsch, James I. 2009. [Book review] "Objects and Memory." Journal of American History, 96, (1), 320–322. https://doi.org/10.2307/27694899. 2009
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. [Book review] "Framed Time: Toward a Postfilmic Cinema." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 45, 988–988. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2008. [Book review] "In the Shadow of the Moon." Journal of American History, 95, (1), 290–291. https://doi.org/10.2307/25095605. 2008
• Deutsch, James I. 2007. [Book review] "Cinephilia and History, or The Wind in the Trees." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 44, 1347–1347. 2007
• Deutsch, James I. 2007. [Book review] "How Far is America From Here? Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association." Atlantic Studies, 4, 307–308. 2007
• Deutsch, James I. 2007. [Book review] "The Solaris Effect: Art and Artifice in Contemporary American Film." Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 44, 1919–1919. 2007
• Deutsch, James I. 2007. [Book review] "Who is Bozo Texino?: The Secret History of Hobo Graffiti." Western Folklore, 66, 417–418. 2007

Webpage

• Deutsch, James I. 2023. How to Move 4,400 Boxes of Irreplaceable Stuff—and Then Move (Almost) Everything Back. Folklife Magazine. Jan 31, 2023 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2023
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. Ballads and Bridges in the Muddy Waters of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe". Folklife Magazine. Mar 16, 2022 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. 2022. Romani Rights and the Roosevelts: The Case of Steve Kaslov. Folklife Magazine. Apr 8, 2022 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2022
• Deutsch, James I. and Gluhova, Yuliya. 2021. Are You Shaking at the Thought of Shaking Hands? Folklife Magazine. Dec 6, 2021 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2021
• Deutsch, James. 2021. Cicada Folklore, or Why We Don't Mind Billions of Burrowing Bugs at Once. Folklife Magazine. May 17, 2021 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. Navigating the Southern Crossroads at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Folklife Magazine. Aug 4, 2021 Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2021. When the First Family Leaves, the Staff Remains: Transitions at the White House. Folklife Magazine. Jan 19, 2021 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2021
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. A Taste of the German Christmas Market at Home: Glühwein mit Schuss. Folklife Magazine. Dec 18, 2020 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. Attacked by Turkeys for the American Roll Call: Folklore of Census Enumerators. Folklife Magazine. Apr 1, 2020 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. D.C.'s Slave Trade Ended Here, Next Door to the Smithsonian. Folklife Magazine. Sep 18, 2020 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. and Bochantin, Levi. 2020. The Folkloric Roots of the QAnon Conspiracy. Folklife Magazine. Dec 7, 2020 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2020. The Values-and Dangers-of Folklore during a Global Pandemic. Folklife Magazine. Mar 25, 2020 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2020
• Deutsch, James. 2020. Why Is This Year's Passover Seder Different from All Other Years? Jewish Humor in the Midst of a Pandemic. Folklife Magazine. Apr 8, 2020 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2020
• Deutsch, James I. 2019. Where'd You Get Those Eyes? The Folklore of Pandas. Folklife Magazine. Nov 18, 2019 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2019
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. Some Stories about George Washington Are Too Good to Be True. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. The Chandeliers "Looked Like Diamonds": Stories from a White House Worker. Folklife Magazine. Aug 22, 2018 Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2018. Why a New Robin Hood Arises Every Generation. Curators' Corner. Py-Lieberman, Beth, editor. Nov 19, 2018 Smithsonian Magazine. 2018
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. A New Way to Show Your Devotion in Mexico City: Wear a T-Shirt. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. Reports on the Death of the Circus Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. Swallowing the Sun: Folk Stories about the Solar Eclipse. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. The Storied, International Folk History of Beauty and The Beast. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. What Did You Do on Mischief Night? Uh, Nothing.. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. What a Smithsonian Folklorist Thinks about Marvel's Cleaned-Up Version of Thor. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2017. Yes. The Night Before Halloween Is a Real Holiday. 2017
• Deutsch, James I. 2016. Energetic Efficiency: Oil and Coal Workers at the 1978 Folklife Festival. Smithsonian Center for folklife and cultural Heritage. May 5, 2016 Smithsonian Institution. 2016
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. Continuity, Change, and Cultural Connections: African Diaspora at the Folklife Festival. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2015. Oh Come, All Ye Hungry, to a Chinese Restaurant on Christmas. 2015
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. Ethnic Media and Cultural Identity in 1950s American Cinema. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. The Bhutan Festival Program Never Ends. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. The Blockbuster World War I Film that Brought Home the Traumatic Impact of War. Jan 1, 2014 2014
• Deutsch, James I. 2014. To Limit Pollution, The Chinese Are Faced With Giving Up an Ancient Tradition-Fireworks. 2014
• Deutsch, James I. and Weems, Mickey. 2012. Gerald Davis in Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife. Qualia Folk...dedicated to LGBT scholarship. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2012. Holly Near in Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife. Qualia Folk...dedicated to LGBT scholarship. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. and Weems, Mickey. 2012. Mae West. Qualia Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife. Weems, Mickey and Mason, Kevin, editors. Dec 8, 2011 Qualia. 2012
• Deutsch, James I. 2011. Sworn Virgin. Qualia Encyclopedia of Gay Folklife. Weems, Mickey and Mason, Kevin, editors. Dec 8, 2011 Qualia. 2011

Book

• Deutsch, James I., editor. 2010. The 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival [program book]. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2010
• Deutsch, James I., editor. 2009. The 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival [program book]. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 2009