ASA Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is made up of all elected officers, all appointed officers, the immediate past president, six elected at large members, and all ex-officio officers. It meets twice a year, once at the annual conference and once in the Fall.


2011 – 2012 President/Conference Chair, Blowing Rock, 2012
Katherine Ledford, ledfordke@appstate.edu

Immediate Past President
Alan Banks, alan.banks@eku.edu

2011 – 2012 Vice President/President Elect 
(President 2012 – 2013; Past President/Conference Chair 2013 – 2014), Huntington, West Virginia
Linda Spatig, spatig@marshall.edu

2011 – 2012 Past President/Conference Chair
Indiana, Pennsylvania, 2012
James Dougherty, jdoc@iup.edu


2011 – 2014 Secretary and Editor of Appalink
Meredith Doster, dosterma@email.appstate.edu
Eryn Roles, Appalink Editor, roles1@marshall.edu,
(nonvoting appointment)

2011-2014 Treasurer
Kristin Kant-Byers, kkant2@uky.edu

Archivist
Shannon Wilson,

Archival materials should be sent to:
Special Collections
Berea College
Berea, KY 40404
Fax: 859-985-3912

2008 - 2013 Historian
Carol Baugh, carol.baugh@sinclair.edu

Marshall University Liaison
Mary Jo Graham,

Executive Director
Mary Thomas,
Office Phone: 304-696-2904


Elected At-Large Members of the Steering Committee

Class of 2010 – 2013
Susan Spalding, susan_spalding@berea.edu


Class of 2011 – 2014

Theresa “Tess” Lloyd, LLOYDT@mail.etsu.edu
Billy Schumann, wrs18@pitt.edu

At- Large Appointed:
Eryn Roles, roles1@marshall.edu, 2011 - 2013
Judy Byers, judy.byers@fairmontstate.edu 2011 - 2012
Joette Morris Gate, kywoman102950@gmail.com,  2010 - 2012


Journal of Appalachian Studies Editorial Staff

Editor
Ted Olson, Olson@mail.etsu.edu
Associate Editor
Linda Spatig,
Assistant Editors
Martha Billips, Mbillips@transy.edu
Managing Editor

Mary K. Thomas, Book Review Editor
Katherine Ledford,
Bibliographer
Jo. B. Brown,


Conference Committees

2012 Program Chair, Pennsylvania Conference
Jim Cahalan, jcahalan@iup.edu

2012 Program Committee Members
Carl Rahkonen
Jim Cahalan
Theresa McDevitt
Anne Kolesar

2013 Vice Program Chair/Program Chair Elect, Boone Conference
Kathy H. Olson, olsonk@lmc.edu

2011 Past Program Co-Chairpersons Kentucky Conference, 2011
Anne Blakeney, anne.blakeney@eku.edu
Rob Weise, rob.weise@eku.edu


Ad Hoc Committees

ASA-Black Belt Committee
Sokoya Finch, Chair
G. Frank Bills
Steve Fisher
Rosalind Harris

Wilma Dykeman "Faces of Appalachia" Fellowship Committee
Linda Spatig, Chair, spatig@marshall.edu
Rosalind Harris
Eddy Pendarvis

 

The Appalachian Studies Association office is located at Marshall University in Huntington, WV.

Mary K. Thomas, Executive Director
Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755

Phone: 304-696-2904
E-mail:

ASA Awards Committees

Chair
Emily Satterwhite, esatter@vt.edu

Cratis D. Williams & James S. Brown Service Award
Emily Satterwhite, esatter@vt.edu

Helen M.  Lewis Community Service Award
Patricia Beaver,

Carl A. Ross Student Paper Award
Joette Morris Gates, kywoman102950@gmail.com

Jack Spadaro Documentary Award
Jack Wright, jwright@ohio.edu

e-Appalachia Award for Outstanding Website
Roger Guy, roger.guy@uncp.edu

Weatherford Awards
Chad Berry, chad_berry@berea.edu, non-fiction
George Brosi, george_brosi@berea.edu, fiction/poetry


Standing Committees

Appalachian Studies Association Scholarship Committee
Roger Guy, Chair, roger.guy@uncp.edu
Cassie Robinson
Carol Baugh, ex officio
Chad Berry
Donna Sue Groves
Fred Hay
Alan Banks, ex officio
Mary Thomas, ex officio

Communications Committee
Kathy Hayes, Chair, pinkkathy@yahoo.com
Joette Morris Gates
Mary Jo Graham
Roger Guy
Boyd Shearer

Finance and Development Committee
Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, fletch1@ohio.edu
Chad Berry
Kristin Kant-Byers
John Nemeth
Philip Obermiller
Mary Jo Graham
Carol Baugh
Alan Banks
Alice Sampson
Eddy Pendarvis
Roger Guy
Mary Thomas, ex officio

Membership Committee
Penne Lane, Chair, penne.lane@gmail.com

Roger Guy, ex officio
Pamela Twiss
Mary Thomas, ex officio

Nomination Committee
Katherine Ledford, Chair, ledfordke@appstate.edu
Theresa Burchett
Amelia Kirby

Website Committee
Roger Guy, Chair, roger.guy@uncp.edu
Rebecca Bailey
Jason Burns
Mary Jo Graham, ex officio
Derek Mullins
Emily Satterwhite
Boyd Shearer, Website Manager
Eddy Pendarvis, ex officio
Mary Thomas, ex officio
Kevin Barksdale, ex officio

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Marshall University
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755

Phone: 304-696-2904
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