Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

Appalachian Studies Association Conference 2025

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

8:00am CDT

Academic Success in the Heart of Appalachia Henderson Hall

9:30am CDT

Barking Up the RighTree: How to Implement a Therapy Dog Reading Program in Rural Appalachian Schools Henderson Hall Embodied Making: A (Re)Considered Narrative of Place and Identity T.J. Farr Hall

11:00am CDT

Y’ALL WORKSHOP Roaden University Center (RUC)

1:00pm CDT

Teaching African American Music History in High School and Postsecondary Classrooms across Appalachia Bartoo Hall

3:00pm CDT

Transforming Education for First Generation, Low Income and Rural Students: The First2 Network Approach Bartoo Hall

4:30pm CDT

Using the Future Creating Workshop Method to Engage Communities in Utopian Thinking Henderson Hall

8:00am CDT

Rooted, Resilient, Rising: Women Growing Food across the Mountains Writing Workshop Henderson Hall

9:30am CDT

Never Been out of the County: Short-Term Study Abroad Programs for Appalachian Students at Two-Year Colleges Bartoo Hall

11:00am CDT

From Appalachia to the Andes: Virtual Field Trips, Language Learning, and Making Place-Based Connections Henderson Hall

2:30pm CDT

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