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Topic: Research and Creative Works

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  • Regulatory Uncertainty Throwing Indian Pharmacy Retail Sector in Turmoil [faculty opinion]
    Regulatory Uncertainty Throwing Indian Pharmacy Retail Sector in Turmoil [faculty opinion]
    CEOWORLD Magazine
    Jan. 12, 2020

    Appalachian State University marketing professor Dr. Lubna Nafees co-authors a piece stating the offline and online players in pharmacy retail can co-exist for the benefit of consumers.

  • Archaeology | Hopewells’ culture touched other native peoples throughout North America [faculty featured]
    Archaeology | Hopewells’ culture touched other native peoples throughout North America [faculty featured]
    The Columbus Dispatch
    Jan. 12, 2020

    In her new book, “Garden Creek: the Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia,” Appalachian State University archaeologist Dr. Alice Wright offers a look at the cultural exchange and interaction of American Indians in Ohio.

  • More Women Should Propose to Their Boyfriends [faculty quoted]
    More Women Should Propose to Their Boyfriends [faculty quoted]
    Slate
    Jan. 11, 2020

    In this How To! podcast, a Washington Post writer references her interview with Appalachian State University sociology professor Dr. Ellen Lamont on the topic of symbolic gendering — and how marriage proposals enact traditional gender roles that aren’t seen in other aspects of modern life.

  • How impeachment trials have put the spotlight on North Carolina senators [faculty quoted]
    How impeachment trials have put the spotlight on North Carolina senators [faculty quoted]
    News & Record
    Jan. 1, 2020

    Republican U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis are about to join a small but elite group: North Carolina senators who have voted in a presidential impeachment trial. App State historian Karl Campbell, author of "Senator Sam Ervin: Last Of The Founding Fathers," comments on Ervin, who chaired the Watergate committee in the 1970s.

  • A Christmas Tree Thrives On Farms, Struggles In The Wild [faculty quoted]
    A Christmas Tree Thrives On Farms, Struggles In The Wild [faculty quoted]
    NPR
    Dec. 24, 2019

    North Carolina grows more Christmas trees than any other state except Oregon. It's an important, nearly $90 million industry for the state. Most of the trees are Fraser firs. But these prized Fraser firs, which millions of families put up in their homes for Christmas, have become more rare in the wild due to the balsam woolly adelgid. Appalachian’s Dr. Howard Neufeld discusses the insect’s impact.

  • Appalachian nursing professor offers ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life [faculty featured]
    Appalachian nursing professor offers ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    Dec. 13, 2019

    Gratitude — the ability to be thankful for what you have or experience — carries significant weight toward our general wellbeing, according to recent research. Sarah Martin, MSN, RN, of Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences explains how.

  • The power of gratitude
    The power of gratitude
    Dec. 4, 2019

    Appalachian nursing professor Sarah Martin offers four ways to cultivate more gratitude in your life — and ultimately more happiness.

  • American Council of Learned Societies funds App State anthropological research of Navajo Nation
    American Council of Learned Societies funds App State anthropological research of Navajo Nation
    Nov. 26, 2019

    Powell, assistant professor in Appalachian’s Department of Anthropology, is using her ACLS funding to collaborate with Diné community experts in the Navajo Nation to explore human–water relationships and the impact of climate change on the region.

  • Dr. Beverly Moser receives Honorary Life Member Award from Foreign Language Association of NC
    Dr. Beverly Moser receives Honorary Life Member Award from Foreign Language Association of NC
    Nov. 18, 2019

    The award recognizes Moser, a professor of German and TESL/applied linguistics, for her years of service to foreign language education in North Carolina and the Appalachian region. Moser has taught at Appalachian more than 20 years.

  • Elite Athletes Are Going Vegan. Will It Help You? [faculty quoted]
    Elite Athletes Are Going Vegan. Will It Help You? [faculty quoted]
    Healthline
    Nov. 14, 2019

    Will a vegan diet make someone a better athlete? Healthline asked that question to David C. Nieman, DrPH, FACSM, a professor of health and exercise science and director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, where he studies athletes and diet.

  • App State poet Dr. Kathryn Kirkpatrick wins 2019 Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry
    App State poet Dr. Kathryn Kirkpatrick wins 2019 Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry
    Nov. 12, 2019

    Kirkpatrick received the Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry for her newest poetry collection — “The Fisher Queen.” She is a two-time winner of the award, having first won the award in 2004 for her collection “Beyond Reason.”

  • App State presents inaugural awards for excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity
    App State presents inaugural awards for excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity
    Nov. 11, 2019

    Appalachian honored Dr. Ellen Cowan and Dr. Baker Perry with the inaugural Chancellor’s and Provost’s Awards, respectively, during the university’s Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian event. They were recognized for superior achievement in their fields and sustained productivity.

  • App State student presents Latina deportation research at national conference
    App State student presents Latina deportation research at national conference
    Nov. 11, 2019

    Anna Biache, a senior sociology major, presented findings about Latina deportation trends at the Association of Humanist Sociology’s annual conference in El Paso, Texas. Her research was conducted in collaboration with Appalachian sociology professors Dr. Felicia Arriaga and Dr. Cameron Lippard.

  • Dr. Andrew R. Smith awarded National Science Foundation funding for study on optimism biases
    Dr. Andrew R. Smith awarded National Science Foundation funding for study on optimism biases
    Nov. 6, 2019

    Smith, an associate professor of psychology at Appalachian, received more than $40,000 in NSF grant funding for the first year of a three-year study on optimism biases. Such biases can cause people to engage in risky behaviors, he said.

  • App State faculty earn record number of Fulbright awards for university
    App State faculty earn record number of Fulbright awards for university
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Six nations are represented by Appalachian’s record number of Fulbright awards, which are designed to enhance global relations and problem-solving.

  • App State’s Dr. Paul Wallace engages in cross-cultural Fulbright collaboration in Russia to prepare international leaders
    App State’s Dr. Paul Wallace engages in cross-cultural Fulbright collaboration in Russia to prepare international leaders
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Appalachian professor and 2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Paul Wallace is spending the 2019–20 academic year teaching at NovSU in Russia and refining the curriculum for a new App State Online graduate certificate in international leadership.

  • 2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
    2019–20 Fulbright awardee Dr. Richard Gray to ‘unite the sky’ through astronomical partnership with South Africa’s UFS
    Nov. 1, 2019

    During the 2019–20 academic year, Appalachian astronomy professor Dr. Richard Gray will teach and perform research at the University of the Free State in South Africa as part of his Fulbright award.

  • Creative writing professor Mark Powell awarded Fulbright for teaching and research in Romania
    Creative writing professor Mark Powell awarded Fulbright for teaching and research in Romania
    Nov. 1, 2019

    Powell, professor of creative writing at Appalachian, will teach a course on contemporary U.S. literature at Ovidius University of Constanta, in Romania, during spring 2020, as well as conduct research for his seventh novel.

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