The dialects that college students speak represent a type of diversity that can influence
many elements of their experiences in college, including academic experiences. In this …

Representations of southern poor whites have long shifted between romanticization and
demonization. At worst, poor southern whites are aligned with racism, bigotry, and right-wing …

Appalachians are typically represented in visual culture as homogenized: white and poor.
For the rest of the country tuned into to American visual culture, Appalachia is nothing more …

Abstract On March 13, 2020, Governor Ralph Northam ordered all public schools in Virginia
to close for two weeks due to the on-going global health crisis; this closure was later …

The purpose of this project was to extend the literature on the influence of family in the
preservation of Appalachian traditional music since few scholars have focused their …

Small cities in Appalachia have been battling an ongoing struggle against economic decline
for decades, but now some find themselves amidst a new natural resource boom. The …

Since the 1970s, a growing number of women have become the leaders in movements for
justice in Appalachia. Women's participation in grassroots movements in Appalachia has …

The aim of this dissertation is to examine spiritual leadership theory and how spiritual
leadership influences the top educational leaders in Appalachian Ohio. While spiritual …

The purpose of this study is to create a podcast that illuminates the experiences and voices
of contemporary Appalachian women to dismantle media-based stereotypes about people …

This is an ethnographic case study of a musical community in Catalonia centered around the
performance of bluegrass and old-time music. By using Victor and Edith Turners' ideas of …