Dr. Beth Davison Receives Innovation Scholars Program Award
Mar 21, 2018
University Documentary Film Services, received a $10,000 grant to pursue her project in establishing a minitheater at the National Park Service’s &n...
Dr. stef shuster receives two awards
Mar 21, 2018
Assistant professor, Dr. stef shuster, has been busy this semester racking up awards. Their first award comes from the editors of the Journal of ...
Gender Remains Defining Feature of Marriage Proposals
Mar 9, 2018
Dr. Ellen Lamont research focuses on dating, hookups, and courtship. Her scholarship has been published in several top ranked journals, and she recent...
“Boys to Men: Masculinity and the Next Mass Shooting”
Mar 2, 2018
The recent mass shooting in Parkland, Florida has made some people wonder if masculinity is a culprit inciting violence by young men. On F...
Interdisciplinary Research leads to Comprehensive Book about Contemporary Perspectives on War around the World
Mar 2, 2018
Interdisciplinary Research leads to Comprehensive Book about Contemporary Perspectives on War around the World BOONE, N.C. – War is ever presen...
"Making sense of mistreatment: intersectionality and perceptions of everyday discrimination”
Feb 23, 2018
Dr. Catherine E. Harnois, Professor in the Department of Sociology and a core faculty member in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexualit...
Dr. David Embrick: Sanctuaries of White Supremacy: Boundaries of White Space(s) and White Resistance to Change
Feb 1, 2018
ABSTRACTThe recent battles, both overt and subtle, regarding the removal of confederate statues and other symbols of white supremacy, is often assumed...
Project C.A.R.E. Presentation
Jan 20, 2017
Project C.A.R.E. (Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty), an evidence-based state-funded program to benefit dementia caregivers, will be the subj...
The Sociology of War: Student Documentary Focuses on PTSD
Jan 5, 2017
One of the courses offered by App State's Department of Sociology is SOC 3800: Sociology of War. This course defines the social institutions of war an...
Teepa Snow: Working with Dementia
Dec 15, 2016
We are fortunate to have Teepa Snow, nationally-renowned speaker and trainer on dementia, coming to the High Country January 11 in Boone. She'll also ...