At the center of Appalachia Wired: Webs of Diversity, are the presentations of the research completed by the Rockefeller Scholars while in residence at Marshall University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia. Below are the five scholars who will be presenting their findings. For information about each of the scholars and to download their research, please click on the scholars names below.

Dr. Rosemarie Mincey
Changing Fabrications: Lives of Appalachian and Latina Textile Mill Workers in Southern Appalachia (Fall 2000)
Ms. Carrie Kline
Revelations: A Celebration of Appalachian Resiliency in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered People (Spring 2001)
Dr. Karaleah S. Reichart
Conflicts of Interests: Black Women's Experiences in Contemporary Coal Industry Disputes (Fall 2001)
Dr. Carol A. Mason
Textual Reproduction of Ethnicity in the Kanawha Valley: The 1974 Textbook Controversy Revisited (Spring 2002)
Dr. Rachel Jennings
Farmworkers, Coalminers, and Davy Crockett: Chicanos/as and Appalachians in Popular Culture (Fall 2002)