Faculty & Staff

Book jacket to Dr. Suzanne Samples memoir “Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild.”

Reading with Dr. Suzanne Samples: An account of living, teaching and writing with terminal brain cancer
Jan 11, 2019

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 4215:30 p.m.This reading is free and open to the publicAppalachian State University ...

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Climate Stories Collaborative Showcase 2019
Jan 2, 2019

In April 2019, the Climate Stories Collaborative will host a showcase of works produced by students enrolled in courses across the univ...

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Career Development Center Spring 2019 Events
Jan 1, 2019

The Career Development Center signature events planned for Spring 2019 are listed below with a description of each as well as information about w...

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Call for Proposals: Humanities Council Reading Groups for Faculty
Dec 17, 2018

The Humanities Council invites proposals for reading groups on topics in the Humanities and/or at the intersections of the Humanities and non-Humaniti...

Jenny Reilly receiving the practitioner of the year award, and Dr. Jim Deni who received the liftetime achievement award.

Psychology students and faculty receive top awards from the North Carolina School Psychology Association
Dec 4, 2018

At the North Carolina School Psychology Association (NCSPA) fall conference in October, three Appalachian State University Master of Arts students and...

Dr. Rene Harder Horst receiving the Distniguished Professor Award of History

Dr. René Harder Horst named the 21st I. G. Greer Distinguished Professor of History
Dec 3, 2018

Dr. Rene Harder HorstProfessor, Department of HistoryI.G. Greer Distinguished Professor of HistoryHorst has been named the successor and will assume t...

Dr. Julie Keys, a staff psychologist in Appalachian’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center, is the winner of the Staff Shout Out program’s October drawing. Keys is also the training coordinator for Appalachian’s master’s in psychology program. Photo submitted

Dr. Julie Keys, a staff psychologist in Appalachian’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center was the winner of the Staff Shout Out Award
Nov 26, 2018

Dr. Julie Keys, a staff psychologist in Appalachian State University’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center, was recently announced as ...

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Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Members Receive North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2018 Innovator Award
Nov 26, 2018

Dr. Debbie Crocker and Dr. Katie MawhinneyProfessors, Department of Mathematical SciencesNorth Carolina Collaborative for Mathematical Learning 2018 I...

 STARTALK, a project funded by the National Security Agencyand administered by the National Foreign Language Center, 15 High Country high school students with limited or no previous exposure to Chinese language and culture participated in a three-week Chinese immersion program at Appalachian State University.

Appalachian’s Drs. Xiaofei Tu and Wendy Xie awarded STARTALK grant for 2018 Chinese immersion program
Nov 20, 2018

Thanks to a grant from STARTALK, a project funded by the National Security Agencyand administered by the National Foreign Language Cent...

Dr. Jon Carter, who has researched undocumented migration from Honduras for 20 years. Photo by Chase Reynolds

Appalachian’s Dr. Jon Carter offers historical context for ‘migrant caravan,’ points to U.S. free-trade policies of 1990s
Nov 5, 2018

Why are thousands of Hondurans migrating en masse to the U.S. border? Appalachian State University sociocultural anthropologist Dr. Jon Carter&nb...