Members of the Balkan Ethnology Department are: Assoc. Prof. Elena Marushiakova, PhD (Head of Department), Prof. Dr.Sc. Rachko Popov, Assoc. Prof. Veselin Popov, PhD; Mila Maeva, PhD; Magdalena Slavkova, PhD; Yelis Erolova, PhD; Sofia Zahova, PhD.

PhD Students: Lilyana Kovacheva, Velcho Krastev, Lilia Uzlova.

Associated external members of the Balkan Ethnology Department are: Assoc. Prof. Mirella Decheva, PhD (Museum for History of Sofia), Assoc. Prof. Evgenia Ivanova, PhD (Regional Historical Museum - Stara Zagora), Velcho Krastev, and Gergana Doncheva, PhD, as well as Rubin Zemon, PhD (Republic of Macedonia), Tanya Dimitrova, PhD (Germany), and Prof. Victor A. Friedman (USA).