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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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

9:30am CDT

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

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

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