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

Appalachian Collegiate Research Meeting T.J. Farr Hall Education Committee Meeting Henderson Hall Journal of Appalachian Studies Editorial Board Meeting Henderson Hall

8:00am CDT

Appalachian Musicians and Influence T.J. Farr Hall Creating Change for Resilient Community Water Systems in Central Appalachia Henderson Hall Environmental Sciences Bartoo Hall Faith Histories Bartoo Hall Folklore Henderson Hall Future Places Bartoo Hall Gas Build Outs in the Tennessee River Valley: A Continuing of Exploitation of People and Land in Appalachia Henderson Hall Leveling the Playing Field: To be Heard and Seen Henderson Hall Sites of Memory: History, Storytelling, and Undermining the Erasure of BIPOC in Northern Appalachia Henderson Hall Women’s History T.J. Farr Hall Montañitas Reimagined T.J. Farr Hall The Brownsville Project: Recovering Remnants of an Appalachian African-American Community T.J. Farr Hall Voices of Nature: Creative Writing Among Appalachian Students T.J. Farr Hall Coalition Building through the Arts in Rural Appalachian Communities Henderson Hall Rooted, Resilient, Rising: Women Growing Food across the Mountains Writing Workshop Henderson Hall Exhibit Hall, Registration, Posters, Editors’ Showcase, Silent Auction Open Roaden University Center (RUC)

9:30am CDT

iMakerSpace Open House Volpe Library Affrilachia: Testimonies - A Visual, Poetic, and Historical Journey through Southern Appalachia's Black Communities T.J. Farr Hall Appalachian Health Disparities are a Local Expression of Global Worsening of Health Disparities Henderson Hall Appalachian Queer Pedagogy as Space of Resistance and Resilience: Creativity, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent in Rural Spaces Henderson Hall Art: Retrospectives T.J. Farr Hall Carceral States and Criminality T.J. Farr Hall College Transitions Bartoo Hall Gender and Other Intersections T.J. Farr Hall Literary Outsiders and Canon-Making T.J. Farr Hall Pipelines, Pathways, and Potential: Workforce Development as a Positive Force for Thriving People and Communities in Appalachia Henderson Hall Power of Stories Henderson Hall After the Flood Documentary Short Screening Henderson Hall High Water is Hell, Brothers and Sisters! Bartoo Hall Writing the New Appalachia: A Reading and Discussion with Appalachian Memoirist Jennifer McGaha Bartoo Hall Abolition Now: A Digital Participatory Project for Images of Study and Struggle T.J. Farr Hall African American History and Culture in the Upper Cumberland Henderson Hall Community-Based Participatory Archiving with Historic Brownsville Descendants Henderson Hall Embracing and Celebrating Appalachian Heritage through Storytelling, Art, & Place-Based Reflection Henderson Hall Publishing in Appalachian Studies Henderson Hall Rebellious Educators: P-12 Educators Sharing Stories of Joy as Resistance in the American South and Appalachia Henderson Hall Reimagining the Small Press in Appalachia: The Red Branch Review Henderson Hall The Online Encyclopedia of Appalachia Project Henderson Hall Wielding and Disrupting Power: The Emotional Labor of Collaborative, Restorative Relationships with Dispossessed Community Partners for #MoreMountainStories T.J. Farr Hall Never Been out of the County: Short-Term Study Abroad Programs for Appalachian Students at Two-Year Colleges Bartoo Hall

10:00am CDT

Morning Snack Break Bryan Fine Arts Building Mystic Wind Choctaw Social Dancers Performance Bryan Fine Arts Building Mystic Wind Choctaw Social Dancers Bryan Fine Arts Building

11:00am CDT

Appalachian Community Henderson Hall Appalachian Music Henderson Hall Art: Community Legacies T.J. Farr Hall Authors-Meet-Critics: Power and Just Transition: The Struggle for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley T.J. Farr Hall Constructions of Whiteness T.J. Farr Hall Gender, Race, and Appalachia T.J. Farr Hall Health Outcomes Bartoo Hall Historic Events Henderson Hall History and Higher Education T.J. Farr Hall Knowledge Access Henderson Hall Perspectives on Appalachia with the University Press of Kentucky Bartoo Hall Pop Culture: Representation Henderson Hall Re-writing the Appalachian Family: Households of Necessity, Households of Choice Henderson Hall Youth Engagement T.J. Farr Hall A Reading from Appalachian Lit Authors Bartoo Hall We Dwell on These Mountains: Diverse Voices of Appalachia Showcase T.J. Farr Hall Higher Education in an Appalachian Context Henderson Hall Investigating Retail Theft in Sullivan County Tennessee - A Project of the Appalachian Justice Research Lab Henderson Hall From Appalachia to the Andes: Virtual Field Trips, Language Learning, and Making Place-Based Connections Henderson Hall

12:00pm CDT

Close of Silent Auction; Winning Auction Items Pick Up Roaden University Center (RUC)

12:15pm CDT

Lunch on Your Own Off Campus

1:00pm CDT

Plenary 2 Stonecipher Hall

2:30pm CDT

Literature: Genre and Style Bartoo Hall Community Legacies Henderson Hall Death Traditions Henderson Hall Disaster T.J. Farr Hall Displacement Henderson Hall Ecocriticism T.J. Farr Hall Education: Resources T.J. Farr Hall Labor Henderson Hall Mining Perspectives Bartoo Hall Nature and the Economy T.J. Farr Hall Pedagogy: Approaches T.J. Farr Hall Psychology T.J. Farr Hall Writers of Appalachia Bartoo Hall Dark Skies in Appalachia Part III: Musical Star Streams Henderson Hall Local History T.J. Farr Hall Night Skies Henderson Hall Roundtable on Disability in Appalachia Henderson Hall Agency, Fiber Work, and the Appalachian Woman Henderson Hall Community Stories to Policy Action: A Digital Storytelling Workshop Henderson Hall Envisioning Appalachia: Defining Ourselves for Ourselves T.J. Farr Hall Preserving Rural Voices: Engaging Preservice Teachers in Oral History Projects in East Tennessee Henderson Hall Regional Appalachian Perspectives on Narrative Fictional Film Strategies Bartoo Hall

3:30pm CDT

Afternoon Snack Break Roaden University Center (RUC)

4:00pm CDT

Appalachian Center for Craft Tour Roaden University Center (RUC)

5:00pm CDT

Newcomer’s Reception Roaden University Center (RUC) Publishers Reception and Book Signing Roaden University Center (RUC)

7:00pm CDT

Memorial Gym Memories Community Event Memorial Gym