Dr. Gregory Reck publishes piece on Everest tragedy and climate change
Jun 26, 2019
Dr. Gregory Reck and his colleague from the Department of Sustainable Development, Dr. Dinesh Paudel, have published a piece on the Everest tragedy an...
Makenzie Cash is named recipient of the inaugural Callegari Scholarship
Jun 26, 2019
Makenzie Cash has been named the recipient of the inaugural Sally A. Callegari Memorial Scholarship for Gender Diversity in Animal Studies at Appalach...
Dr. Cameron Gokee awarded NSF grant to conduct research in Bandafassi
May 24, 2019
Dr. Cameron Gokee awarded NSF grant to conduct archaeological research in Bandafassi — a West African ‘shatter zone’Edited by Jessica Stump...
Dr. Susan Lappan featured in UNC System release on Fulbright awards
May 13, 2019
Dr. Susan Lappan spent much of last year in Malaysia. In the mornings, the gibbons—small Asian apes hidden in the treetops—would serenade her with...
Caroline Noel ('13) wins NSF Fellowship for study at the University of Virginia
May 9, 2019
Appalachian State University alumnae, Caroline Noel ’13 has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow...
Dr. Timothy J. Smith receives UNC Board of Governors Campus Excellence in Teaching Award
May 7, 2019
Dr. Timothy J. Smith has received one of the 2019-2020 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Awards. This is the second of these awards for th...
Anthropology major, Callie Gunzenhauser, writes from Bulgaria
Apr 19, 2019
Anthropology major, Callie Gunzenhauser, recently reported back on her experience studying abroad at American University in Bulgaria. Working with the...
Abbey Huber, Social Practice and Sustainability major
Apr 9, 2019
After taking a few classes in political science and global studies, Abbey Huber did not feel that the frameworks she had encountered in these classes ...
Patrick James, Sociocultural Anthropology major
Apr 9, 2019
As a senior studying Sociocultural Anthropology, Patrick James has realized over the course of his undergraduate studies that he wants his life’s wo...
Dr. Dana E. Powell awarded Cornell University SOH Fellowship
Apr 9, 2019
Dr. Dana E. Powell has been selected for a Cornell University Society for the Humanities (SOH) Fellowship for the 2019–20 academic year [r...