Journal of Appalachian Studies
Special Issue:Women, Gender, and Feminism in Appalachia:Intersecting and Emerging Scholarship
Meet the Special Issue
Co-Editors
Rachel Terman
Rachel Terman is an educator, scholar, and community member in Southeast Ohio. She works as Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University and as an affiliate faculty member of the Appalachian Studies Program and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She specializes in the sociology of Appalachia and the rural U.S; through her research she focuses on intersecting identities, inequalities, intergenerational community building, and people’s relationship to place. Her work has been published in the Journal of Appalachian Studies, Appalachian Journal, Journal of Rural Studies, and the Place Matters series from the University Press of Kentucky.
Krystal Brooke Carter
Krystal Brooke Carter (she/her) is a Historian based in Southern Appalachia. Her work centers on diverse and inclusive perspectives, particularly those of Appalachian women. Her work has also been featured in Appalachian Journal and Appalachian Curator. Alongside her experience in oral history and archival work, she holds a BS in history and an MA in Appalachian Studies from Appalachian State University.
Why This Special Issue
I’m very gratified and grateful to see the publication of this themed issue of the Journal of Appalachian Studies. As a student of Appalachian studies, first at West Virginia University and then at Appalachian State University, I was inspired by many professors and mentors including Elizabeth Engelhardt, Barb Howe, Pat Beaver, and Maggie McFadden. Their work as scholars and teachers allowed me to discover and explore the topics of women, gender, and feminism in Appalachia. Now as a professor myself, I continue to love to learn about these topics through new scholarship and the changing dynamics of gender in our culture. We are fortunate to have contributors from a variety of disciplines represented in this issue, and I hope these ideas and perspectives inspire the next iteration of feminist and intersectional Appalachian scholarship.
-Rachel Terman
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I am beyond grateful to have worked on this themed issue of the Journal of Appalachian Studies alongside two women. My time at Appalachian State University as a history student and a student of Appalachian Studies fostered my interests and helped challenge my understanding of women, gender, and feminism in Appalachian. I am grateful to my mentors from Appalachian State: Sandy Ballard, Allison Fredette, and Julie Shepherd-Powell who saw my interest in these topics and helped me grow as a scholar. Though I never had the privilege to study with Pat Beaver directly, she has become a great friend and mentor; her scholarship has been a core inspiration for this themed issue. I hope that other scholars of gender and feminism in Appalachia will find inspiration and hope in the pages of this issue.
-Krystal Brooke Carter
