News and Spotlights from the Center for Appalachian Studies

Haley DiFruscio curated this story from the ASU Library Appalachian Collection archive in App State’s Special Collections Research Center. The archived collections are available to browse in person during the SCRC’s hours of operation.

BOONE, N.C. — In Fall 2024, a group of faculty members from Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences and College of Arts and Sciences was awarded a one-year, $8,000 grant by the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Collegiate Research …

On this episode of Appalachian Excellence: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Karen Fletcher, director of grants resources and services…

BOONE, N.C. — Faculty, staff, and students from Appalachian State University’s Center for Appalachian Studies participated in the 46th Annual Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) Conference, held March 16–19, 2023 at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This was the first time …

“After Coal” profiles inspiring individuals who are building a new future in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky and South Wales. This hour long documentary invites viewers to the front lines of the transition away from fossil fuels. The stories of …

Edited by Jessica Stump BOONE, N.C. — Living folk traditions practiced by the people of diverse cultures in Western North Carolina will be preserved for generations to come thanks to the documentary work of Appalachian State University graduate student Chelsey …

Emily Schaad and Leila Weinstein, Co-PIs Eric Ellis was born in 1958 and grew up in Wilkes County. Ellis learned to play thorugh self-tuition and family influence. His maternal grandfather, Ed Pierce, played banjo, his uncle, Bill Johnson of Miller’s …

In March 2015, the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University wrapped up a year-long survey of college students from across the Appalachian Region. Research was conducted between 2014-15 with support from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The goal of …

Funding by the Appalachian Regional Commission Collaborative Teaching Project, 2002-2007 The high elevation ecologies found in what is called the “High Country” of Watauga, Ashe and Avery Counties has been the focus of recent tourism, recreation, and second home developments. …

The Center for Appalachian studies received a $13,000 grant in 2006 from the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service to conduct audio taped interviews and transcriptions from selected individuals with the objective of gathering institutional information about the Jimmy …

Funding by the University Library, College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Studies and Research, and University Research Council, 2005 The Allen School was founded in the Asheville area in the late 19th century in response to the dearth of educational …