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A person with brown hair wearing a brown shirt smiles and leans against a bookcase.

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
Woolly Worm Festival Race in Banner Elk, NC. Photo by Reyna Drake, WFDD

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
Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no. 3-4)

Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no. 3-4) now available
Jul 25, 2024

BOONE, N.C. — The new Appalachian Journal (vol. 51, no.

Appalachian Studies
Dr. Jessica Cory, editor of Appalachian Journal

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.

Appalachian Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies
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

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 sudd

Appalachian Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies
Spring 2023 Cratis D. Williams Society inductees Zoë Benfield (upper left), Krystal Carter (upper middle), Nic Garzone (upper right), Natalie Moyer (lower left), Gabriel Paredes (lower middle) and Skyler Prowten (lower right)

Cratis D. Williams Society inductees include six CAS graduates
May 22, 2023

BOONE, N.C. — In the Spring and Fall, Appalachian State University's Cratis D.

Appalachian Studies