Faculty & Staff

Dr. Sarah Evans, associate professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Appalachian State University. Photo by Chase Reynolds.

Dr. Sarah Evans collaborates with CAS student, faculty on permafrost research
Jul 19, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — The Arctic has warmed three times the rate of the global average, resulting in extensive thaw of perennially frozen ground known as pe...

Participants in the NSF CS4App program. Photo submitted.

NC high school teachers participate in Appalachian’s NSF CS4App program
Jul 15, 2022

BOONE, N.C. — The last cohort of high school teachers from North Carolina have been participating in the NSF CS4App program in the Department of Com...

Dr. Cameron Gokee, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology. Photo submitted.

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cameron Gokee
Jul 14, 2022

SAFE Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Cameron GokeeDr. Cameron Gokee, assistant professor, Department of AnthropologyProject: “Historical Landscapes through t...

Grace Waugh, a senior sustainable technology major from Chapel Hill, far left, and Summer Gee ’20, a graduate student from Wrightsville Beach, center, were part of a multidisciplinary team of App State undergraduate and graduate students that won second place in its division in the 2021–22 U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup. Waugh and Gee are pictured holding the trophy that the team received and with the team’s faculty adviser, Dr. Jaewon Oh, assistant professor in the Department of Sustainable T

App State students score 2nd-place divisional win in national solar competition
Jul 11, 2022

Fourteen students at Appalachian State University are part of the next generation of renewable energy innovators — according to the U.S. Department ...

Dr. Baker Perry, professor, Geography and Planning. Photo submitted.

Next-gen weather station installed near Everest’s summit
Jun 28, 2022

On a postcard day in 2021, Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa crested the Balcony, a windswept rest spot high on Mount Everest’s Southeast Ridge. In front of hi...

Elizabeth Perego, assistant professor, Department of History. Photo submitted.

National Endowment for the Humanities Provides Funds for University Research
Jun 21, 2022

Elizabeth Perego, assistant professor, Department of History has been named one recipient of funds distributed by the National Endowment for the Human...

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Levine Distinguished Professor of Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, Department of History. Photo by University Communications.

Resisting Persecution: Jews and Their Petitions during the Holocaust
Jun 20, 2022

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Levine Distinguished Professor of Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies, Department of History, has recently published a new arti...

The four App State recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2022–23. Pictured, from left to right, are alumna Payton Blaney ’22, of Reidsville; alumnus Henry Campbell ’21, of Winston-Salem; alumna Ilya Wang ’20, of Rockwell and Taichung, Taiwan; and alumnus Andrew Williard ’22, of Winston-Salem. Photos by Chase Reynold

4 App State alumni awarded 2022–23 Fulbrights to teach or research abroad
Jun 17, 2022

Appalachian State University’s Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships (NCS), a division of University College, announces four ...

Students reading on campus. Photo by University Communications.

English Department Hosts Inaugural Summer Institute for Teaching Writing
Jun 15, 2022

English Department Hosts Inaugural Summer Institute for Teaching Writing Drs. Clarice Moran and Peaches Hash, both faculty in the Department of E...

Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, led a successful return expedition to Mount Everest in April and May, coordinating the maintenance of weather stations at the top of the world. The expedition built upon the record-breaking National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition in 2019. Photo by Dawa Yangzum Sherpa/National Geographic

A return to Everest: App State’s Dr. Baker Perry leads climate science expedition to the world’s highest mountain
Jun 14, 2022

Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geography and Planning, led a succe...