Faculty and Staff News
‘People need to know about this’: App State professors champion Indigenous voices [faculty featured]
Oct 16, 2026
On a trip to the ancestral Catawba town of Joara with students in fall 2019, App State professors Paul Worley and Melissa Birkhofer heard from a colle...
The newest dairy alternative comes from sweet potatoes [faculty featured]
Oct 15, 2026
Two professors in the Fermentation Sciences Program founded a sweet potato milk startup company, seeking to promote nutrition and combat food waste....
English professor Mark Powell reflects on Halloween, folklore, and wonder in WNC Magazine
Oct 15, 2026
There’s nothing quite like autumn in the mountains. The air crisps, and by September, you can feel fall in the deeper shade. By October, the forests...
Dr. Matthew Robinson quoted in Los Angeles Times article on capital punishment
Oct 12, 2026
Matthew Robinson, a criminal justice professor at Appalachian State University and author of a book on U.S. capital punishment titled “Death Nation,...
App State biologist Michael Gangloff featured in Grist coverage of endangered species protections
Oct 12, 2026
According to Michael Gangloff, who studies freshwater life at Appalachian State University, human development is the biggest threat to hellbenders. Bu...
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