College of Arts and Sciences names Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for 2017-18
Jun 22, 2018
Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences has named Adam Moore the Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year for the 2017-18 school ...
Sociologist weighs in on immigrant family separations — including social, economic impact
Jun 21, 2018
Dr. Cameron Lippard in Appalachian State University’s Department of Sociology researches immigration and Latino incorporation into the American Sout...
Appalachian offers updated and renamed graduate certificate in aging, health and society
Jun 15, 2018
Appalachian State University’s former gerontology graduate certificate has a new name — the graduate certificate in aging, health and society...
Dr. Lynne M. Getz awarded Barbara “Penny” Kanner Prize
Jun 13, 2018
The Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) has awarded Appalachian State University historian Dr. Lynne Getz its Barbara “Pe...
Faculty Highlight: Bruce Dick
Jun 12, 2018
Department of English Professor, Dr. Bruce Dick, is busy trying to complete a book project on the American author, Richard Wright. This work, which Di...
Appalachian assistant professor featured in documentary on humanity’s big questions
Jun 11, 2018
How did life begin? What is dark matter? What is consciousness? How much do we really know? These essential questions have fueled scientific inquiry f...
‘Jordan and the Arab Uprisings’ — the latest book by Appalachian’s Curtis Ryan — published by Columbia University Press
Jun 8, 2018
In “Jordan and the Arab Uprisings: Regime Survival and Politics Beyond the State,” the latest book by Dr. Curtis Ryan, professor of political scie...
Appalachian awarded continued NSF funding for rainfall variability research
May 31, 2018
Dr. Peter Soulé’s research, which analyzes rainfall variability in the U.S.’s Southeast Atlantic Coastal Region (SACR) by examining tree ring rec...
Dangerous heat conditions to impact East African populations by late 21st century, according to new study co-authored by Appalachian professor
May 29, 2018
A new study co-authored by Dr. Anton Seimon, a climate scientist in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geography and Planning, shows resid...
Bruce Stewart’s ‘Blood in the Hills’ follows the trail of Appalachia’s violent history
May 21, 2018
“Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia,” which is edited by Dr. Bruce E. Stewart, associate professor in Appalachian State Unive...