From salon chair to theory: App State student uses feminist rhetoric to help people connect
Nov 6, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Scissors snip close to an ear. A spray bottle hisses. Damp hair drifts onto the dorm-room tile, and the person in the chair laughs too hard to sit still.
GWS Student Profile, Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
Slow and steady wins the winter: what is the woolly worm tradition? [faculty featured]
Oct 29, 2026
Each October, thousands gather in Banner Elk, North Carolina, to use the woolly worm to predict the winter weather.
Appalachian Studies
Boone native records new album inside historic Todd Mercantile [alumni featured]
Sep 22, 2026
Sammy Osmond is a Boone native and purveyor of all things banjo, Appalachian history and pointing people back to their Appalachian roots.
Appalachian Studies
Dr. Maria Pramaggiore appointed McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor of Interdisciplinary Education
Jul 31, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — The Appalachian State University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has appointed Dr.
Department announcement, Watauga Residential College
‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within [faculty authored]
Jul 10, 2026
When I first visited Cuba, the island was recovering from a severe economic crisis.
Global Studies, Watauga Residential College
Mason Smith '24 inducted into Cratis D. Williams Society
Dec 9, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — In the Spring and Fall, Appalachian State University's Cratis D.
Appalachian Studies
September 16: American Coup Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Sep 11, 2025
BOONE, N.C.
Documentary Studies, Events
Appalachian Journal (vol. 52, no. 4) now available
Jul 1, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — The new issue of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 52, no.
Appalachian Studies
Dr. Clark Maddux to serve as macebearer for Spring 2025 CAS Commencement
Apr 23, 2025
Dr. Clark Maddux will serve as the macebearer for the 1 p.m. ceremony.
Department announcement, Watauga Residential College