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 May 1.
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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 episode of “Hi-Phi Nation,” a story- and sound-driven podcast about philosophy.
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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 judgments.
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 ecology in peninsular Malaysia, entitled “Conservation of the Malaysian Siamang in a Changing World.”
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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.
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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.
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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 NC School Psychology Association (NCSPA) Board of Directors.
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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.
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Dana Powell, activist researcher
Feb 1, 2017
Faculty Member of Distinction
College of Arts and Sciences – Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Appalachian students and faculty partner with UNC Asheville to research threatened plant species
Jan 27, 2017
Professors and student researchers from Appalachian State University’s and UNC Asheville’s Departments of Biology have partnered in a federally funded project to assess several aspects of an imperiled plant in western parts of North Carolina and Virginia.
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