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Appalachian Studies Masters Theses
- April 2024, “The Rise in Right-Wing Populism as a Local Problem” by Alyssa Nazarok
- April 2024, “Granny Witches, Mountain Shamans, Haunts, Witches, and Jesus: The Complex Spiritual Consciousness of Appalachia” by Kristen Hutchison
- October 2023, “American Man” with Bryan Staggers, performed at Shepherd University
- April 2023, “Religion in Appalachia” by Caitlin Barker
- May 2023, “The Music of American Man, Performance Piece for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 2023” by Bryan Staggers
- April 2022, “Appalachian Foodways and Resiliency in Noxubee County, Mississippi,” Honors Thesis by Rebecca Calloway
- April 2022, “A Soul to Save, The Tragic Story of Carrie Buck” by Karen Spears Zacharias
- “Wizard’s Clip: An Extra-ordinary Truth or A Convenient Lie?” by Donna Joy, December 2021
- “An Appalachian Story: Generational History of the West Virginia Arnett, Wells, Fisher, and Furbee Families” by Renee Ritenour, December 2021
Newsletters
- Center Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 1 Fall/Winter 2023
- Center Newsletter, Volume 5, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2023
- Center Newsletter, Volume 5, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2022
- Center Newsletter, Volume 4, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2022
- Center Newsletter, Volume 4, No.1, Fall/Winter 2021
- Center Newsletter, Volume 3, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2021
- Center Newsletter, Volume 3, No. 1, Fall 2020
- Center Newsletter, Volume 2, No. 2, Spring 2020
- Center Newsletter, Volume 2, No. 1, Fall 2019
- Center Newsletter, Volume 1, No. 2, Spring 2019
- Center Newsletter, Volume 1, No. 1, Fall 2018
Program Archive
- April 11, 2024, “Citizen Science Project Brings Pure American Chestnuts Back To Appalachia”
- March 28, 2024, “The Carrie Buck Story and the 1927 Supreme Court Case” with Karen Zacharias
- March 6, 2024, “The Descent of Dixon” with Karen Outen
- “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks,” with Crystal Wilkinson, February 15, 2024
- “A Storied Life” with Bill Stubblefield, October 17, 2023
- “Center for Appalachian Studies at Shepherd University Hosts World Premier of Cassado Composition with the Appalachian Chamber Orchestra,” September 25, 2023
- “Reintroducing Chestnut Trees from WV Morning,” May 23, 2023
- “When the Center Held True, with Croley Dennison,” April 5, 2023
- “Making Our Future: Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia,” November 30, 2022
- “Appalachian Macramé with Rebecca Kandalis and Katie MacKinnon,” November 16, 2022
- “A Storied Life with Gat Caperton,” November 7, 2022
- Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Series, with Barbara Kingsolver, September 23-30, 2022
- May 2, 2022 “Mine Wars and Charles Town Trials Panel Discussion, with Denise Giardina, Doug Estepp, Judge David Hammer, and Chuck Keeney”
- April 4, 2022, Physical and Spiritual Bodies, Celebrating Black Women Art Exhibit
- September 1-30, 2021, Marie Manilla Appalachian Heritage Events
- March 1, 2021, Celtic Roots Scottish Travel Adventure and “Highland Travels with Elinor and Sherman, 1965
- November 5, 2020, Celtic Roots Music in Appalachia Lecture, with Andrew Finn Magill
- September 1-25, 2020, Dorothy Allison Appalachian Heritage Events
