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The Wealth and Poverty theme holds its annual field trip to Appalachian communities on Saturday, March 25, from  9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (estimate). The meeting place is the GoBus stop outside the first floor entrance of Baker Center. Participants should arrive 8:50 a.m. Leaders are Dr. Barry Tadlock, Associate Professor of Political […]

The Contemporary History Institute lecture series presents Dr. Drew Swanson on “Isolated by Nature? Environments and the Idea of Appalachian Exceptionalism,” on Nov. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 231. Dr. Drew SwansoSwanson is Associate Professor of History at Wright State, where he directs the Public History concentration. He also teaches classes […]

by Rachel Terman   For the students in Sociology of Appalachia, author Robert Gipe’s virtual visit to the classroom in March provided a rare opportunity to dig even deeper into the course material by learning about the perspectives of the author straight from the source. Students in the course had […]