Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

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

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7:00am CDT

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Meeting Henderson Hall Special Collections Committee Meeting Henderson Hall

8:00am CDT

After All, the Water Will Come: Flooding and Resilience in Appalachia Henderson Hall Authors-Meet-Critics: Power and Just Transition: The Struggle for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley Henderson Hall Be a Man: Healthier Masculinity in the Mountain South Henderson Hall Black Geographies in Appalachia Henderson Hall Drawing Environmental Justice Connections Between in Appalachia and the India Henderson Hall Finding Our Appalachian Voices in the North Henderson Hall Medical Histories Henderson Hall Recovering the History of Resistance to Slavery in Appalachia: The Greenup County Slave Revolt of 1829 and the Appalachian Freedom Heritage Tourism Initiative Henderson Hall Transforming the Foundry: Planning the Resurrection and Reuse of an Historic but Contaminated Industrial Site Henderson Hall Widows and Orphans: Four Appalachian Poets Explore Loss and Hope Henderson Hall Academic Success in the Heart of Appalachia Henderson Hall

9:30am CDT

Adolescence Meets Artificial Intelligence: The Need for Ethical, Practical Technology Use in the Classroom Henderson Hall Appalachia Rural Education and Queer Identities: Voices from Rural and (Out)Rooted Henderson Hall Appalachian Disasters! ASA Special Collections Committee Disaster Response Resources Henderson Hall Mountain Justice Summer 2005 — 20 Year Reflections Henderson Hall New Directions in Twentieth Century Appalachian Labor History Henderson Hall The Flooding in Appalachian Streams and Headwaters (FLASH) Initiative: Building and Sustaining Strong Transdisciplinary Partnerships to Foster Positive Change Henderson Hall Traditional & Independent Research in Smyth County, Virginia Henderson Hall Community Remembrance Projects in East Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia" Convener: Eric Fields, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Henderson Hall Barking Up the RighTree: How to Implement a Therapy Dog Reading Program in Rural Appalachian Schools Henderson Hall

12:15pm CDT

Camp Happy Apalachee Henderson Hall

1:30pm CDT

Exploring Appalachia through History, Performance, Belief, and Storytelling Henderson Hall Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Appalachia Henderson Hall Jappalachia: The Oft-Neglected Intersections Between Appalachia and Japan Henderson Hall Jean Ritchie Memoir, Ron Rash Works by a Fiddler, Cultural Exchange Between Zuni Sacred Mountain and App State's Grandfather Mountain, and Live Music Henderson Hall Teaching Appalachia Beyond Appalachia Henderson Hall What the Water Reveals and How We Heal Henderson Hall Howdy Ya'll: Voices from the Hills a Video Documentary Henderson Hall Writing Appalachian Women’s History Henderson Hall A Classroom for the Community: The UT Appalachian Justice Research Lab Henderson Hall Sacred Places and Historical Preservation: The Central Appalachia Churches Project Henderson Hall Who Owns the Land? Addressing Heirs’ Property in Rural Tennessee and Beyond Henderson Hall

3:00pm CDT

Academic Histories Henderson Hall Academic Kinship: Reviving Appalachian Studies with Interdisciplinary Connection Henderson Hall Appalachian Identity: Us Henderson Hall Film Studies Henderson Hall Land & Livelihoods in Transition: Mapping Dispossession and Resistance Henderson Hall Recovering the History of Resistance to Slavery in Appalachia: The Greenup County Slave Revolt of 1829 and the Appalachian Freedom Heritage Tourism Initiative Henderson Hall The World We Live in and the Words We Write: Life and Art in Eastern Kentucky Henderson Hall Veins of Controversy: The TVA Pipeline and Appalachia's Future? Henderson Hall AppalAsian Musicians Gathering Henderson Hall Building a Community Safety Toolkit for Family and Domestic Violence with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Appalachian Justice Research Center Henderson Hall

4:30pm CDT

Appalachian Identity: New Media Henderson Hall Appalachian Identity: Others Henderson Hall Dark Skies in Appalachia Part II: People and the Sky Henderson Hall STEM Education Henderson Hall Swannanoa and Blanket Town: The Rise and Fall of an American Mill Town Henderson Hall Networking Technological Gaps in Academic and Activist Endeavors Henderson Hall Using the Future Creating Workshop Method to Engage Communities in Utopian Thinking Henderson Hall