Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Appalachian Studies | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Member, American Culture Association | Present | Member, American Folklore Society | Present | Member, American Studies Association | Present | Board of Advisors Members, Appalachian Cultural Music Association | Present | Member, Appalachian Studies Association | Present | Member, Association for Recorded Sound Collections | Present | Member, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment | Present | Editorial Board Member, Journal of Appalachian Studies | Present | Member, Mississippi Folklore Society | Present | Member, Mississippi Philological Association | Present | Member, Modern Language Association | Present | Assistant Project Coordinator, Mountains of Music Homecoming - The Cooking Road | Present | Grammy Awards Voting Member and National Nominating Committee Member, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | Present | Member, Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association | Present | Member, Society for American Music | Present | Member, Society for Applied Anthropology | Present | Member, Society for the Study of Southern Literature | Present | Member, South Atlantic Modern Language Association | Present | Member, Tennessee Folklore Society |
Honors and Awards
- 2012 - Thomas D. Clark Memorial Foundation Book of the Year Award for The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still
- 2012 - Regional Excellence in History Award of Distinction (East Tennessee Historical Society)
- 2012 - Distinguished Friend of Appalachia Award, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, ETSU
- 2012 - Best Historical Research in Recorded Folk, Ethnic, or Country Music (Nominee)
- 2012 - Best Historical Album Award (Nominee)
- 2012 - Best Album Notes Award (Nominee)
- 2013 - Selected as Subject of Entry in Reference Publication, The Writers Directory, Gale Cengage Learning
- 2013 - Best Historical Album Award (Nominee)
- 2014 - Golden Gear Award: Best Record Store Day 2014 Release for Co-Producing and Co-authoring Album Notes for The Folk Box
- 2014 - Certificate of Merit, Best Historical Research in Country Music
- 2015 - Recipient of Arts/Sciences Service Award [$500], ETSU
- 2015 - Recipient, Arts/Sciences Basler Fellowship [$2,500], ETSU
- 2015 - Jack Spadaro Appalachian Documentary Award
- 2015 - Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project Award (Nominee)
- 2016 - Best Album Notes Award (Nominee)
- 2016 - Best Tribute Album Award
- 2017 - Best Album Notes Award (Nominee)
- 2017 - Innovative Product Award
- 2017 - Official Resolution 265 Honoring, On Top of Old Smoky: New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music
- 2017 - Best Historical Research in Country Music Award (Nominee)
- 2017 - Certificate of Merit, Best Historical Research in Country Music
- 2017 - Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project Award (Nominee)
- 2018 - Best Album Notes Award (Nominee, 60th Grammy Awards )
- 2018 - Best Compilation Album Award (Nominee, 16th Annual Independent Music Awards)
- 2018 - Jack Spadaro Appalachian Documentary Award (Appalachian Studies Association)
- 2018 - Best Liner Notes for Recorded Project Award (Nominee, International Bluegrass Music Association)
- 2019 - Best Album Notes Award for Authoring Album Notes (Nominee, 61st Annual Grammy Awards)
- 2019 - Arts Achievement Award (Arts Alliance Mountain Empire)
- 2019 - Best Compilation Album Award (Nominee, 17th Annual Independent Music Awards)
- 2019 - Best Music Producer Award (Nominee)
Courses
- Irish and Scottish Literature
- World Literature
- Native American Literature and Culture
- African American Literature and Culture
- Business Writing
- English Composition, Parts One and Two
- Introductory and Advanced Creative Writing
- American Nonfiction
- American Poetry
- American Fiction
- Multicultural Literature
- Appalachian Literature
- Southern Literature
- Historical Surveys of American Literature
- Film Studies
- Appalachia and Film [Online]
- Comparative Regional Studies
- American Regional Studies
- Sense of Place in Appalachia and the South
- Appalachia and War [Traditional Classroom, Online]
- The Hillbilly Stereotype: History and Cultural Impact
- Religion in Appalachia [Undergraduate-Level/Graduate-Level]
- History of Coal Mining [Traditional Classroom, Online]
- American Environmental History
- The Environment in Appalachia
- A Social History of Rock and Roll
- African American Vernacular Music
- Country and Bluegrass Music History
- American Roots Music [Traditional Classroom, Online]
- Appalachian/Southern Folklore and Folklife
- Appalachia and Film
- Folklore and Literature
- Introduction to Folklore
- Folklore: History, Theory, and Methodology
- Documenting Community Traditions
- Introduction to American Studies
- Globalism and Appalachia [Graduate-Level]
- Current Issues in Appalachian Studies
- Introduction to Appalachian Studies
- Southern Cultural Studies
- Spanish and American Cultural Connections
- British-Irish-American Cultural Connections
- Appalachia and Globalism
- Religion in Appalachia
- Appalachia and War
- Reading in Appalachian Studies
1991 - 1997 | Ph. D., English, University of Mississippi | |
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1988 - 1991 | M.A., English, University of Kentucky | |
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1979 - 1982 | B.A., English, University of Minnesota | |
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Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Brooks Gym 304
Phone: (423) 439-4379
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