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Updated 2015 ASA Handbook

View the updated ASA Handbook for 2015!

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Five area writers to be inducted into East TN Writers Hall of Fame

Friends of Literacy will induct five writers into the East TN Writers Hall of Fame on October 22nd, 2015. Friends of Literacy realizes...

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ASA members hit the airwaves

Check out this radio show featuring ASA members Chad Berry and Roger Guy discussing the Appalachian migration to Chicago on WBEZ 91.5!...

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New President-Elect

Debbie Zorn is the ASA President-Elect. Read more at the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition.

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Remembering William Clark Lindley, Jr.

ASA Remembers William Clark Lindley, Jr. — written by Jordan L. Laney.

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ASA Bylaw Changes

Changes to the ASA bylaws were approved by the membership at the annual ASA Membership Forum & Business Meeting on March 28, 2015, 11 –...

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Call for Papers for a 'Journal of Appalachian Studies' Forum On Economic Development in Appalachia

The Journal of Appalachian Studies announces a special two-year forum on sustainable economic development in Appalachia, starting with...

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JAS Announces New Book and Media Review Editors!

On behalf of the Journal of Appalachian Studies editorial board, I am pleased to announce that Chris Miller and Kathryn Santiago will be...

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Radford University Petition

We have started a petition drive concerning the unannounced expulsion of Radford University's Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies...

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Native American Heritage Month

The Appalachian Studies Association is proud to celebrate the history, culture, and lived experience of the Native Americans whose...