Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

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Joseph Bathanti will serve as macebearer for the Fall 2025 College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Ceremony. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Joseph Bathanti to serve as macebearer for Fall 2025 CAS Commencement
Nov 18, 2025

BOONE, N.C.

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Dr. Clark Maddux

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

Dr. Laura Ammon, associate professor in the Appalachian State University Department of Philosophy and Religion and director of the Watauga Residential College (WRC) in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr. Laura Ammon receives freshman advocacy award
May 23, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — Dr.

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Watauga Residential College students partner with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture through Appalachian Regional Commission student research training grant
Dec 6, 2021

Dr. Jessica Martell's Watauga Residential College students participated in the ... Appalachian Studies, Watauga Residential College

App State College of Arts and Sciences welcomes new department chairs to the Department of Anthropology, Dr. Krista Lewis; A.R. Smith Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, Dr. Petia Bobadova and Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Cynthia M. Liutkus-Pierce. In addition, Dr. Laura Ammon, from the Department of Philosophy and Religion will become the director of Watauga Residential College.

App State’s College of Arts and Sciences announces new department chairs and director
May 6, 2021

Three new department chairs in Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences&nbsp

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Dr. Jessica Martell is an assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Appalachian Studies.

CAS Zoomer Series: Contested Cuisines - Southern and Appalachian Foodways
Feb 19, 2021

In this presentation, Dr. Jessica Martell and Dr.

Events, Appalachian Studies, Watauga Residential College

Dr. Harry Clark Maddux, director of and professor in Appalachian State University’s Watauga Residential College, a specialty academic program housed in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. Photo by Connie Wilson Maddux

Harvey R. Durham Outstanding Freshman Advocate Award: Dr. Clark Maddux
Apr 29, 2020

Dr.

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