Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2026 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Link to register to join via Zoom will be available soon.

Dec. 1 SWAP Presenters:

Kelli Lemaster, Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education: “A Sense of Place: Place-Based Inquiry in Appalachian Social Studies Classrooms.”

Tania Rojas Carbajal, Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences: “Spatiotemporal Effects of Surface Coal Mining on Bird Occupancy in Appalachia.”

For the full schedule of SWAP presentations, go to this link.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2026 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Link to register to join via Zoom will be available soon.

Dec. 1 SWAP Presenters:

Kelli Lemaster, Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education: “A Sense of Place: Place-Based Inquiry in Appalachian Social Studies Classrooms.”

Tania Rojas Carbajal, Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences: “Spatiotemporal Effects of Surface Coal Mining on Bird Occupancy in Appalachia.”

For the full schedule of SWAP presentations, go to this link.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2026 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Link to register to join via Zoom will be available soon.

Oct. 28 SWAP Presenters:

Holden Dillman, College of Social Work: “We Are Here: National and Appalachian Accounts of Youth-to-Adulthood Mental Health and Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging and Early Adults.”

Ally Moseley, UK College of Social Work: “Rainbow Roads aren't just for video games: Visibility, Belonging, and Queer Voices in Kentucky’s SAFE ROADS Debate.”

For the full schedule of SWAP presentations, go to this link.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2026 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Link to register to join via Zoom will be available soon.

Oct. 28 SWAP Presenters:

Holden Dillman, College of Social Work: “We Are Here: National and Appalachian Accounts of Youth-to-Adulthood Mental Health and Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging and Early Adults.”

Ally Moseley, UK College of Social Work: “Rainbow Roads aren't just for video games: Visibility, Belonging, and Queer Voices in Kentucky’s SAFE ROADS Debate.”

For the full schedule of SWAP presentations, go to this link.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2026 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Link to register to join via Zoom will be available soon.

Oct, 13 SWAP Presenters:

Nicole Marks, Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences: “And the creek don’t rise: Disasters, Climate, and Resiliency in Appalachia.”

Emelia Harris, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences: “Relationships Between Water Quality Indicators and Flooding in Southeastern Kentucky.”

For the full schedule of SWAP presentations, go to this link.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2026 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Link to register to join via Zoom will be available soon.

Oct, 13 SWAP Presenters:

Nicole Marks, Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences: “And the creek don’t rise: Disasters, Climate, and Resiliency in Appalachia.”

Emelia Harris, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences: “Relationships Between Water Quality Indicators and Flooding in Southeastern Kentucky.”

For the full schedule of SWAP presentations, go to this link.

Join the Office of Student Organizations and Activities in the Gatton Student Center at the Fall Involvement Fair!.

The Involvement Fair is an opportunity to:

Join the Office of Student Organizations and Activities in the Gatton Student Center at the Fall Involvement Fair!.

The Involvement Fair is an opportunity to:

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. We welcome students, faculty, staff and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives and events, discuss regional issues and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom. Click here for Zoom registration link.

The Appalachian Center invites you to our drop-in coffee hour Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. We welcome students, faculty, staff and community members for coffee and light refreshments. Come visit with others interested in the region and learn more about the work of the Appalachian Center and the Appalachian Studies Program. Coffee hour is a space to exchange ideas for programs, initiatives and events, discuss regional issues and share research in a casual, collegial atmosphere.

Join us in person, or virtually via Zoom. Click here for Zoom registration link.