This reading group centered on Appalachia-based and/ or Appalachian-written novels resumes with Neema Avashia's 2022 memoir Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. Please refer to this helpful Google sheet for which pages we will be reading for each book discussion meeting. If you can't make the January 22nd meeting, the next one will be on Monday, February 5th at the same time, and will be every other Monday from 7-8 pm the rest of the semester. We will meet in the Appalachian Center Annex Conference Room (641 S. Limestone; entrance is in the back by the gravel lot beside the Appalachian Center) and via Zoom . Please email Shelby Roberts (shelbyroberts@uky.edu) if you have any questions!

The Undergraduate Research + Creative Experience Expo will introduce undergraduate scholars to the diversity of research conducted at UK, allow students to network with research faculty and staff, and learn about mentored research opportunities.

Goals for the Research Experience Expo.

• Increase awareness of research and creative opportunities available to undergraduates.
• Connect faculty with interested students.
• Showcase current faculty research and creative experiences.
• Recruit for competitive research programs.
• Facilitate an inclusive research and creative campus environment by connecting underrepresented students to opportunities on and off-campus.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2023 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.

April 10 Presentations:

London Orzolek, 2023 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, "Inclusion, Engagement, and Success: Appalachian Experiences in Higher Education"

Ryley Butler Modaff, 2023 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, "The Impact of Stigma in Community Implementation of Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT)"

Register for the Zoom meeting here.

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Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2023 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.

April 3 Presentations:

Kopana Terry, 2023 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, "Place, Identity, and Natural Disaster: The Storm That Changed a Town and Its People"

Mack Thompson, 2024 Symposium on Dis/Ability & Debility in Appalachia Coordinator, "Disabled, People, Disabled Places: Dialoguing toward Critical Appalachian Disability Studies"

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Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2023 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.

March 27 Presentations:

Jimmy Robinson, 2023 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, "Taking the Rural with You: Rural Artists in the City"

Edward Lo, Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, "Supporting Indigenous Peoples and Their Role in a Sustainable Kentucky"

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Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentation at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2023 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.

March 20 Presentations:

Trey Coburn, 2023 Eller and Billings Student Research Award, "The Future of Personalized Medicine: Improving Care in Appalachia and Beyond!"

Maddie Duff, 2023 Eller and Billings Student Research Award, "Chronic Conditions with Heart and Ears in Appalachia Research Study (cchears)"

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Drs. Edin, Shaefer, and Nelson discuss Injustice of Place

Discussion to begin at 4:00 pm ET with reception to follow beginning at approximately 5:30 pm ET.

The event is free and open to the public. All members of the Martin School community are invited to a reception to follow.

Contact Dr. Jeongyoon Lee at  with any questions.

Drs. Edin, Shaefer, and Nelson's visit and the book club are made possible through:
The Miriam Jane Van Dyke Barager Endowment for Diversity and Inclusion 
and through our generous co-sponsors: 
The Appalachian Center
The Graduate School
The College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment Office of Diversity 
The College of Arts & Sciences Department of Sociology