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.