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Topic: Publications

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  • Appalachian First Year Seminar instructor Adrian Rice authors new poetry collection
    Appalachian First Year Seminar instructor Adrian Rice authors new poetry collection
    Nov. 8, 2018

    Rice’s latest poetry collection, “The Strange Estate: New and Selected Poems 1986–2017,” is “a landmark collection on both sides of the Atlantic,” according to Press 53, the book’s publisher.

  • Appalachian faculty and student research examines how LGBTQ students navigate the campus hookup culture
    Appalachian faculty and student research examines how LGBTQ students navigate the campus hookup culture
    Oct. 17, 2018

    An article authored by senior gender, women’s and sexuality major Sope Kahn and Appalachian’s Drs. Ellen Lamont and Teresa Roach “demonstrates some of the ways LGBTQ people are challenging heterosexual hookup culture” on college campuses.

  • ‘After Coal’ documentary produced by Appalachian’s Thomas Hansell adapted as book
    ‘After Coal’ documentary produced by Appalachian’s Thomas Hansell adapted as book
    Sep. 28, 2018

    How do coal-mining communities and their cultures survive once the coal industry moves on? Hansell’s book “After Coal: Stories of Survival in Appalachia and Wales,” forthcoming from WVU Press, explores this issue.

  • Appalachian’s Holly Thornton authors ‘The It Factor: What Makes a Teacher Great’
    Appalachian’s Holly Thornton authors ‘The It Factor: What Makes a Teacher Great’
    Sep. 26, 2018

    Thornton’s book explores the ‘It Factor’ behind the makings of great teachers and “blends voices of teachers and students as well as their stories and experiences in a dynamic way.”

  • Appalachian visiting creative writing professor authors debut ‘history-rich’ novel
    Appalachian visiting creative writing professor authors debut ‘history-rich’ novel
    Aug. 16, 2018

    Caleb Johnson is the author of “Treeborne,” a novel about “how the past gets mixed up in thoughts of the future” and “how home is a story as much as a place.”

  • Western Association of Women Historians awards Barbara ‘Penny’ Kanner Prize to Appalachian’s Dr. Lynne Getz
    Western Association of Women Historians awards Barbara ‘Penny’ Kanner Prize to Appalachian’s Dr. Lynne Getz
    June 8, 2018

    Dr. Lynne Getz, professor of history at Appalachian, is the recipient of the Western Association of Women Historians’ Barbara “Penny” Kanner Prize for her book “Abolitionists, Doctors, Ranchers, and Writers.”

  • Appalachian assistant professor featured in documentary on humanity’s big questions
    Appalachian assistant professor featured in documentary on humanity’s big questions
    June 8, 2018

    Dr. Rachel Smith, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, joins a group of scientists in “The Most Unknown” — a documentary film investigating questions that have fueled scientific inquiry for generations.

  • ‘Jordan and the Arab Uprisings’ — the latest book by Appalachian’s Curtis Ryan — published by Columbia University Press
    ‘Jordan and the Arab Uprisings’ — the latest book by Appalachian’s Curtis Ryan — published by Columbia University Press
    June 6, 2018

    Dr. Curtis Ryan’s book “Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State” is being published this month. Ryan is a professor of political science at Appalachian.

  • Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
    Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
    May 24, 2018

    “Climate change, population, and poverty: vulnerability and exposure to heat stress in countries bordering the Great Lakes of Africa” — co-authored by Appalachian professor Anton Seimon — was recently published in the journal Climate Change.

  • A push for transparency in research
    A push for transparency in research

    An Appalachian political scientist and peers at Caltech create recommendations for how to support data access and replication of research studies

    May 16, 2018

    Politicial scientist Dr. Ellen Key and Caltech colleagues publish recommendations for how to support DA-RT — data access and research transparency.

  • Appalachian Journal announces Special Edition on Black Mountain College
    Appalachian Journal announces Special Edition on Black Mountain College
    May 15, 2018

    With more than 450 pages and 62 contributors, the Black Mountain College Special Edition of the Appalachian Journal is the largest volume in the journal’s 45-year history.

  • Bruce Stewart’s ‘Blood in the Hills’ follows the trail of Appalachia’s violent history
    Bruce Stewart’s ‘Blood in the Hills’ follows the trail of Appalachia’s violent history
    May 7, 2018

    Dr. Bruce Stewart’s “Blood in the Hills” presents essays from experts in political science, history and literature that question the supposedly innate brutality of the Appalachian people.

  • Shelf Unbound names ‘Train Wreck Earth’ a 2018 Best Independently Published Book
    Shelf Unbound names ‘Train Wreck Earth’ a 2018 Best Independently Published Book
    May 1, 2018

    E-magazine Shelf Unbound recognizes “Train Wreck Earth” among its top 100 Best Indie Books of 2018. Appalachian Professor Emeritus Dr. Harvard Ayers co-authored the novel, which addresses climate change.

  • Appalachian’s Zack Vernon co-edits new collection of essays on Ron Rash
    Appalachian’s Zack Vernon co-edits new collection of essays on Ron Rash
    March 21, 2018

    “Summoning the Dead: Essays on Ron Rash” is the first book-length collection of scholarship on professor and award-winning author Ron Rash. The volume was co-edited by Appalachian professor Zack Vernon.

  • Appalachian professors co-author book about contemporary perspectives on war
    Appalachian professors co-author book about contemporary perspectives on war
    March 15, 2018

    Appalachian sociology professors Cameron Lippard and Pavel Osinsky, along with Lon Strauss, co-authored “War: Contemporary Perspectives on Armed Conflicts around the World,” a new textbook examining interdisciplinary perspectives on war.

  • Appalachian professor emeritus co-authors novel about climate change
    Appalachian professor emeritus co-authors novel about climate change
    March 5, 2018

    Appalachian Professor Emeritus Dr. Harvard Ayers and David Harman explain why climate change is affecting the Earth and how to solve it in their recently published novel, “Train Wreck Earth.”

  • Art professor’s work acquired by Asheville Museum of Science
    Art professor’s work acquired by Asheville Museum of Science
    March 2, 2018

    An anonymous donor recently purchased “Advance,” a print installation by Appalachian art professor April Flanders, and presented the piece as a gift to the Asheville Museum of Science.

  • Duke University Press publishes debut book by Appalachian’s Dana E. Powell
    Duke University Press publishes debut book by Appalachian’s Dana E. Powell
    Feb. 8, 2018

    “Landscapes of Power,” by Appalachian’s Dr. Dana Powell, examines the cultural politics of energy development on Navajo (Diné) Nation land spurred by the Desert Rock Power Plant initiative.

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