News and Spotlights from the Center for Appalachian Studies

By Elizabeth Wall Laura Brookshire ’16 worked on farms and with local farmers, built community outreach programs and fostered good nutritional practices in a county school system during several intern experiences. Laura Brookshire ’16 credits internships and work with AmeriCorps …

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 …

A 1983 graduate of the MA program in Appalachian Studies, Mary Jane Putzel wrote narratives about the history of her community of Pottertown, at the headwaters of the north fork of the New River. As a woman moving between the …

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 …