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Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24

Dr. Beth Davison and Jesse Barber ’22 ’24 featured on Appalachian Excellence podcast
Mar 20, 2025

On this episode of Appalachian Excellence: Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Karen Fletcher, director of grants resources and services in the Office of Research and Innovation,... Appalachian Studies, Documentary Studies

Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 52, no. 3)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 52, no. 3) now available
Mar 12, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — The new issue of Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review (vol. 52, no.

Appalachian Studies
Trevor McKenzie is the director of Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies. Photo submitted

March 27: Blue Ridge Ballads Revisited with Apalachian Studies' Trevor McKenzie
Jan 30, 2025

This presentation and performance traces the history behind ballads from the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Appalachian Studies, Events
“Calls from Home” is produced by Appalshop and Working Films. The 34-minute film will be screened Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 7 p.m. in Room 114 of the Belk Library and Information Commons.
Appalachian studies graduate students Camden Phillips, Kevin Freeman, Sammy Osmond, Megan Hall and Yndiana Montes met with MountainTrue's High Country Watershed Coordinator, Hannah Woodburn, as part of their microplastics project.
This badge signifies App State’s status as a Top Producer of Fulbright scholars and students for the 2022–23 academic year. The university is one of 18 schools nationwide to receive this honor. Image courtesy of Fulbright Program
Dr. Katherine Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University
College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) for the COVID Experience category as a Gold medal winner. Photo by Mike Belleme.
Jesse Barber, an Appalachian State University senior from Sawmills, is pursuing a self-designed B.A. in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in documentary studies in Appalachia and a minor in sustainable development. Photo by Mike Belleme

Mountaineer photographer Jesse Barber focuses on storytelling
Apr 20, 2021

World traveler, writer, photographer, volunteer and passionate environmentalist — at 28, Jesse Barber is just getting started.

Interdisciplinary Studies, Documentary Studies, Appalachian Studies
Dr. Katherine Ledford. Photo Submitted
Laura Johnston ’99, ’19 in Alberta, Canada while on a trip partially funded by a College of Arts and Sciences SAFE grant. Photo submitted.
Dr. Jessica Martell is an assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Appalachian Studies.