Grants & Research

Grants & Research

Dr. Leo Flores is a professor in and the chair of the Appalachian State University Department of English.

Dr. Leonardo Flores shares digital writing expertise with IIT Jodhpur through Fulbright Specialist Program

BOONE, N.C. — In August, Dr. Leonardo Flores, professor in and chair of the Appalachian State University Department of English, traveled to India to...

According to the National Weather Service, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm late in the evening of Sept. 26, 2024. The storm reached the Southern Appalachians on Sept. 27, 2024, causing widespread flooding, landslides, downed trees and power outages. Image courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

What made Hurricane Helene a historic storm?

BOONE, N.C. — In September 2024, Hurricane Helene brought record-breaking rain and wind to the High Country, leaving a lasting impact across the reg...

Dr. Jon Davenport

App State researchers document Helene's impact on forests, streams months after devastation [faculty featured]

BOONE, N.C. — Months after Hurricane Helene swept through western North Carolina, researchers at Appalachian State University are still documenting ...

Dr. Rick Elmore is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University.

Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth [faculty featured]

Cormac McCarthy, one of the greatest novelists America has ever produced and one of the most private, had been dead for 13 months when I arrived at hi...