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.

Nov. 10, 2026

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

Tara Littlefield, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment: "Restoring Lost Landscapes: Terrestrial Orchid Responses to Disturbance, Restoration, Climate, and Biotic Interactions."

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