Journal of Appalachian Studies

The Journal of Appalachian Studies (JAS) is a refereed, multidisciplinary publication which seeks to provide a written forum for quality scholarship on Appalachian history, culture, and society. The official journal of the Appalachian Studies Association (ASA), the JAS is published twice per year by the University of Illinois Press for the ASA with support from Marshall University. The Journal of Appalachian Studies supersedes earlier publications of the Appalachian Studies Association, including Proceedings and the Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association (JASA).

Proceedings was the first publication of the Appalachian Studies Conference and included collections of papers presented at the annual conferences. In 1989, the name was changed to the Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, and the journal began publishing articles, studies, and book reviews in addition to conference papers. The name was again changed to the Journal of Appalachian Studies in the early 1990s when the ASA office relocated to the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The current headquarters has been managing publication of the JAS since 2001 when the ASA relocated to Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.

By providing a venue for pieces regarding all aspects of Appalachia, the JAS is one way in which the ASA fulfills its mission. Membership in the association includes a subscription to the journal. Articles, essays, and studies included in the JAS come from a wide array of disciplines. Anyone can submit work to the JAS for publication consideration, but all submissions must follow the journal’s submissions guidelines.

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Members wishing to access the electronic versions of the Journal of Appalachian Studies should:

Visit https://order.press.uillinois.edu/jas/access.html.
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Click the 'current content' link to view current issues on the Scholarly Publishing Collective (2011-current) or click the 'back content' link to view older issues on JSTOR.

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Christina Fisanick,
Journal Co-Editor

Christina Fisanick teaches writing and literature at Pennsylvania Western University and is an internationally known expert in digital storytelling. A native West Virginian, her creative and scholarly work often explores themes of labor, resilience, and identity in working-class communities. Fisanick is a founding member and current president of the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia (WANA) and the co-host of WANA LIVE!: The Virtual Reading Series. She is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including Pulling the Thread: Untangling Wheeling History (North Meridian 2024) and Digital Storytelling as Public History: A Guidebook for Educators (Routledge 2020). Her shorter works have appeared in Still: The Journal, Archiving Appalachia, Rust Belt Magazine, the Journal of Appalachian Studies, and Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, among others. Learn more at christinafisanick.com.

David Powers Corwin,

Journal Co-Editor

Hailing from the Shenandoah Valley, David Powers Corwin is an associate professor of integrative studies at George Mason University where they teach courses in writing and rhetoric, friendship studies, Appalachian studies, television studies, trauma and gender-based violence, LGBTQ+ Studies, qualitative research methods, and student development. They are also part of the Pop Culture Research Lab at Mason, a co-lead for Leadershape (The Institute), and serve as area chair for pedagogy and popular culture for the Southwest Popular Culture and American Culture Association. Their past and upcoming scholarship appears in College Composition and Communication, About Campus, Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education; Women's Writing, and Queer Studies in Popular Culture. Their current research and creative work focuses on traumatic experiences in friendships; an ecofeminist critique of Hubert Skidmore's Hawk's Nest; and gendered rhetoric in the Menendez Brothers' case. Learn more at integrative.gmu.edu/dcorwin.