![Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, photographed in October 2024. Photo courtesy of Barber (jesse-barber.com)](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/barber_square.png?itok=jmkwHJ3t)
Jesse Barber '24 documents Hurricane Helene
Jan 10, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Jesse Barber '24, an alumnus of the Appalachian studies program, has been a key documentarian in media efforts to cover the stories We...
![Dr. Aviva Chomsky is professor of history and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University.](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/chomsky.png?itok=5sgbNumX)
October 28: "Central America’s Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence and the Roots of Migration" with Dr. Aviva Chomsky
Sep 26, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Department of History is pleased to welcome professor, historian, author and activist Dr. Avi...
![Dr. Jessica Cory, editor of Appalachian Journal](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/coryj.png?itok=HPOFa8Ss)
Dr. Jessica Cory appointed editor of Appalachian Journal
Jul 8, 2024
Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jessica Cory as the third editor of&...
![Built in 1792, Fort Defiance is the former home of William Lenoir. Photo by Dr. Beth Davison](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/fd.png?itok=Zfw-tYo2)
Students in "Antebellum Slavery in Appalachia" course design exhibit for Lenoir's Fort Defiance
May 2, 2024
LENOIR, N.C. — Students and faculty members from Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences and Reich College of Education collabor...
![Professor Alex Hooker playing “Cotton Eyed Joe” on the banjo for his Appalachian Strings class. Feb. 14, 2024. Hooker demonstrates how the song is supposed to sound before guiding his students along. Photo by Devon Richter](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/hooker.png?itok=9hL7LnyE)
Strings of legacy: Alexander Hooker’s 25-year impact on App State
Apr 16, 2024
Alexander Hooker’s journey to old-time folk music started gradually, then suddenly. He has been a professor of Appalachian Strings here at...
![Rodrigo Dorfman is a Chilean-born, Latino visual storyteller and community activist known for his work documenting the Great Latino Migration to the American South. Photo by Rodrigo Dorfman (rodrigodorfman.com).](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/dorfman.png?itok=tN-1VmiB)
September 26: "The Making of the Nuevo South" with Rodrigo Dorfman
Sep 13, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of S...
![The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/ids.png?itok=kj1Pk4xA)
App State grant writing class raises $35,000 for local nonprofits
Jul 12, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University students enrolled in the Spring 2023 "Grants for Non-Profits" course applied their grant writing skills a...
![Dr. Derek Martin, Dr. Maggie Sugg, Dr. Jeff Colby and Dr. Katherine Ledford](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/martinsuggcolbyledford.png?itok=HizIZU-V)
4 CAS faculty receive research, mentorship awards from the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
Apr 13, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2022-23 f...
![Appalachian Journal, founded in 1972, is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly featuring field research, interviews, and other scholarly studies of history, politics, economics, culture, folklore, literature, music, ecology, and a variety of other topics, as well as poetry and reviews of books, films, and recordings dealing with the region of the Appalachian mountains.](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/aj.png?itok=wB9dftQz)
Appalachian Journal marks 50 years of spotlighting Appalachia
Mar 9, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review marks its 50th anniversary this academic yea...
![“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.](https://interdisciplinary.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/cfh.png?itok=-P6d5iay)
App State's Center for Appalachian Studies to present "Calls from Home" film screening
Mar 8, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Center for Appalachian Studies is proud to present a screening of “Calls from Home,” a short docume...