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48th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference | Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee | March 20 - 22, 2025.
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Friday, March 21
 

8:00am CDT

The Gifts of Poet Bill King
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bart 111
Convener: Ann Pancake, Independent
•    Ann Pancake, Independent
•    Elizabeth Hoggard-King, University of Georgia
•    Walter King, Independent
•    Doug Van Gundy, West Virginia Wesleyan College
•    Gordon Johnston, Mercer University
Friday March 21, 2025 8:00am - 9:15am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Dark Skies in Appalachia Part 1: Literature, Poetry, and Place
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 111
Convener: Elijah Prewitt-Davis, Mount St. Joseph University
  • "The Character of the Night Sky in Appalachian Literature," Jeff Bary, Colgate University
  • "The Nightly Reminder of a Place on Earth," Elijah Prewitt-Davis, Mount St. Joseph University
  • "Falling Down, Looking Up: Nightscapes in Robert Gipe’s Trampoline," Anna Creadick, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • "‘You, Darkness’: A Collaborative Project in Eco-Poetry, Art, and Astronomy at Berea College," Ansel Elkins, Berea College; Lie Ford, Berea College
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Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Memoir and Memoirists
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 327
Convener: Chris Green, Berea College
• "Being Loyal: Some Notes on Editing Loyal Jones's Memoir," Chris Green, Berea College
• "My Mother’s Translator: Stories and Poems from an Affrilachian Migrant," E.J. Wade, Independent
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

9:30am CDT

Tourism
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
BART 117
Convener: Audrey Nidiffer, Appalachian State University
• "Made for the Tourists: Searching for Sustainable, Economic Development in Sevier County, Tennessee," Mazdyn Miller, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• "‘Above it All’: A Rhetorical Analysis of Second-Home Billboards in Appalachia," Audrey Nidiffer, Appalachian State University
•  "The Black Appalachian Cultural Center: Building an African American Cultural Heritage Tourism Sector in Southern West Virginia," Cicero Fain III, Marshall University
Friday March 21, 2025 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Bartoo Hall

1:00pm CDT

Teaching African American Music History in High School and Postsecondary Classrooms across Appalachia
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
BART 307
Convener and Presenter: Bryan Pierce, National Museum of African American Music.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE SPONSORED SESSION.
Friday March 21, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

1:30pm CDT

All About Moonshine
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
BART 117
Convener: Caroline VerMeulen, Indiana University
• "Bottling Tradition: The Appalachian Imaginary and Craft Moonshine in Indiana," Caroline VerMeulen, Indiana University
• "Moonshine and the Environment," Arshiya Jeelani, University of Kentucky
• "Moonshine Cosmology," Emelie Peine, University of Puget Sound
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

1:30pm CDT

Student Health Coalition —Taking Measure of Student Activism, 50 Years Later: What is the Long-Term Impact of Short-Term Student Involvement and Service in Appalachia?
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
BART 111
Convener: Polly McArthur, Independent
  • "Reflections on Community-Based Partnerships as Students and Our Perspectives 50 Years Later," Nancy Raybin, Independent; Diane Lauver, Independent; Dale Strasser, Independent; Polly McArthur, Independent
Friday March 21, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

3:00pm CDT

Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Empowering Appalachian Communities
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
BART 327
Convener: Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tennessee Tech University
  • Facilitator: Troy Smith, Tennessee Tech University
  • Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Tech University
  • J. Robby Sanders, Tennessee Tech University
  • Dipendra Wagale, Tennessee Tech University
  • Jessee Griffiths, Tennessee Tech University
  • Diane Glasglow, City of Cookeville

Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

3:00pm CDT

Transforming Education for First Generation, Low Income and Rural Students: The First2 Network Approach
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
BART 111
Convener and Presenter: Samantha Mitchell, High Rocks Educational Corporation.
Friday March 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Bartoo Hall

4:30pm CDT

Appalachian Englishes
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
BART 111
Convener: Paul Reed, University of Alabama
• "The Mountain South Versus the Deep South — Surprising Similarities Between Two Storytellers from Each Region," Jeremiah Farmer, Clemson University
• "An Individual View of Appalachian Englishes: A Lifetime of Change," Paul Reed, University of Alabama
• "The Traditional “Grass” Vowel in Appalachian English," Bridget Anderson, Old Dominion University
Friday March 21, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm CDT
Bartoo Hall
 
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