In the Media

Reich College of Education Dean Melba Spooner, a member of the State Board of Education Literacy Task Force, comments on the status of quality reading education — saying she does not think the task force's' recommendation does enough to help districts ensure the selection of high-quality materials.

Appalachian State University geologist Dr. Sarah Carmichael discusses the latest explanation put forth regarding the cause of a mass extinction 252 million years ago — a warming climate that depleted the earth's ozone layer.

Dr. Joseph Cazier, director of the Center for Analytics Research and Education, discusses the new World Bee Count app released by Appalachian State University and SAS. He describes it as “citizen science” and the first step toward building a global repository of shareable data.

Appalachian’s Dr. Joseph Cazier,director of the Center for Analytics Research and Education, is mentioned as having spoken at the UN's virtual celebration for World Bee Day.

Thousands of years ago, some of humankind's prehistoric ancestors walked across a field in what is now Tanzania — and left footsteps that are now part of the largest fossil footprint site ever found on the African continent. Appalachian’s Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce led a research project at the site and is seen in this video footage with her undergraduate students.

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug, an anthropology professor at Appalachian State University who studies health and inequality in ancient societies, says bioarchaeology and other social sciences repeatedly have demonstrated that health crises “play out along the preexisting fault lines of each society,” including social and economic inequalities.

Tyler LeBlanc, an alumnus of Appalachian State University’s Scholars with Diverse Abilities Program, is featured in this television segment that highlights his puppets and their messages for children regarding how to stay safe and process their emotions during COVID-19.

Dr. Harry Davis in Appalachian’s Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance and who serves as economist for the N.C. Bankers Association said during a Boone Area Chamber of Commerce online webinar the U.S. will remain in a recession for the rest of the year “and maybe into next year.”

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, professor and director of Appalachian’s environmental science program, is part of an organization that has created a COVID-19 Testing Sites Search Engine that identifies testing sites, eligibility criteria, requirements and contact information for 1,500 sites across the 50 states. The search database is available for patients, healthcare providers and government officials seeking testing centers and kits.