![Dr. Sarah Carmichael, associate professor in the Department of Geology at Appalachian State University, is shown with her husband, Tom Hansell, documentary filmmaker in the Center for Appalachian Studies, in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum for the 113th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. Carmichael was recently received as a Fellow in The Explorers Club. Photo by Felix Kunze](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/sarah_carmichael_01.jpg?itok=tDH_Kjy_)
Appalachian’s Sarah Carmichael joins John Glenn, Sally Ride, Jane Goodall and other well-known explorers in prestigious society
Apr 27, 2017
Sarah Carmichael, associate professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Geology, was received as a Fellow in The Explorers Club, headq...
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Specht named dean of Appalachian’s College of Arts and Sciences
Mar 27, 2017
Dr. Neva J. Specht has been named dean of Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences after a national search. She begins her duties...
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Philosophy faculty member featured in recent Hi-Phi Nation podcast
Mar 27, 2017
Dr. Christopher Bartel, an associate professor of philosophy at Appalachian State University, has contributed to “The Cops of Pop,” the fifth epis...
![Dr. Andrew Monroe with his research assistants in Appalachian State University’s Department of Psychology. Photo by Marie Freeman](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/andrew_monroe.jpg?itok=3VoBhTL_)
Thinking about your future may make you less trusting and more critical of others
Mar 22, 2017
Appalachian State University’s Dr. Andrew Monroe is a psychologist in the College of Arts and Sciences who studies people’s moral and social judgm...
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Dr. Susan Lappan awarded Fulbright grant for primate research in Southeast Asia
Mar 13, 2017
Dr. Susan Lappan of the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University received a Fulbright award for her forthcoming research on primate ...
![Dr. Sarah Carmichael looks for manganese oxide coatings on speleothems in Worley’s Cave in Tennessee. Carmichael, associate professor of geology at Appalachian, will be received as a Fellow in The Explorers Club in New York City, March 24. Photo courtesy of Sarah Carmichael](https://cas.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/asu_news_listing/public/asu_news/sarah-carmichael-01.jpg?itok=Xxb0NjQ8)
Appalachian’s Sarah Carmichael to be inducted into The Explorers Club
Mar 6, 2017
Geochemist joins John Glenn, Sally Ride, Sir Edmund Hillary, Jane Goodall and other well-known explorers in this prestigious society.The cave was cool...
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General Benjamin Butler, Politics, Warfare and Masculinity in the Civil War North
Mar 1, 2017
Boone, N.C. - The Appalachian State University History Department will host its second guest in a new speaker series on the Civil War. Dr. Michael Tho...
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An Appalachian State faculty and student take on honorable roles of participation in the North Carolina School of Psychology Association (NCSPA)
Feb 14, 2017
Catherine Edwards, Greenville, N.C., MA/SSP School Psychology graduate program, class of 2018, has been admitted as the Student Representative on the ...
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Thomas R. Whyte, Professor of Anthropology
Feb 13, 2017
Tom Whyte’s research includes southern Appalachian prehistoric archaeology, zooarchaeology, and experimental archaeology. His recent research includ...
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Dana Powell, activist researcher
Feb 1, 2017
Faculty Member of DistinctionCollege of Arts and Sciences – Assistant Professor, AnthropologyThe protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), also ...