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Dialogue: ETSU's Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services

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East Tennessee State University is a Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services. On our next Dialogue, WUOT's Chrissy Keuper spoke with Center Director and Chair of ETSU’s Appalachian Studies department Ronald Roach; professor, musician, and music scholar Ted Olson; and ETSU Poet-in-Residence and English professor Jesse Graves about what Appalachian Studies are and how they've changed over the years.

Appalachian Places: Stories from the Highlands (online magazine)

Jesse Graves
The Beat, Episode 11
Still: The Journal on James Agee's "Knoxville: Summer, 1915"

Ted Olson
Bear Family Records:
The Knoxville Sessions; The Johnson City Sessions; The Bristol Sessions
The Birthplace of Country Music Speaker Series:
Histories of Black Life and Music in Appalachia

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.