Faculty & Staff

Dr. Shawn Bergman, Department of Psychology

Bergman named director of the Walker College of Business professional education program
Mar 22, 2018

Dr. Shawn Bergman, Department of Psychology,  has been named director of the Walker College of Business Professional Education Program&...

Breece Robertson, MA Geography and Planning Alum

Breece Robertson - Making a Positive Difference on Protected Lands
Mar 14, 2018

“The Trust for Public Land has embraced the innovation that science, data, and analytics provides in concert with planners who are experts at commun...

2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships funded by NIST
Mar 12, 2018

Dr. Tonya Coffey, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, received $18,522 in funding from the United State...

Gifts and Grants, Research, Sustainability College of Arts and Sciences

NSF grant supports indexing programming project at Appalachian
Mar 9, 2018

Dr. Patricia Johann, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Computer Science, was awarded $463,504 in funding from the National S...

UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species

UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species
Mar 2, 2018

Dr. Matt C. Estep, assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Biology, and Dr. Zack E. Murrell, professor in and chair of A...

Landscapes of Power

Duke University Press publishes debut book by Appalachian’s Dana E. Powell
Feb 14, 2018

“Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation” — the debut book by Dr. Dana E. Powell, assistant professor in Appalachian State ...

Dr. Paul Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute and Distinguished Professor at the University of Maine in Orono

Journey into Climate Research with Distinguished Professor Dr. Paul Mayewski
Feb 12, 2018

Dr. Paul Mayewski, Director of the Climate Change Institute and Distinguished Professor at the University of Maine in Orono will give a lecture on Fri...

Holly Bellebuono

Healing With Herbs, a Natural Conclusion
Jan 31, 2018

Holly Bellebuono has earned a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and a master’s in public administration. But it was a job on a landscaping cre...

Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, new Director of the Environmental Science Program

Welcome to the new Environmental Sciences Director, Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce
Jan 29, 2018

The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences is pleased to announce that after an internal search Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce has accepted t...

 Dana Powell, author of Landscapes of Power

Q&A with Dana Powell, author of Landscapes of Power
Jan 24, 2018

Dana Powell, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Pl...