FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 14, 2007
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153

 

Marshall University to host Appalachian Studies Association’s
31^st annual conference in March 2008

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Appalachian Studies Association’s 31^st annual conference will take place at Marshall University in March 2008.  The ASA encourages citizens from the tri-state region to submit ideas for presentations.

The conference will highlight how people (citizens, professionals, students, scholars, educators, artists, activists, etc.) are responding to the next generation of challenge and change in Appalachia’s “road ahead,” according to Dr. Chris Green, the conference program chair.

Green said everyone involved in the life and welfare of the Appalachian region is encouraged to submit ideas and to join more than 700 people in the conference. 

Presenters might share work that an organization has been doing, organize a panel, submit a research paper, put together a roundtable discussion, conduct a reading, develop a workshop, create a poster, or produce a display table, Green said.

To submit presentations, visit http://www.appalachianstudies.org/conference/.  

Marshall University has housed ASA’s national headquarters since 2001.  ASA’s members include all ages of scholars, educators, students, professionals, grassroots activists, individuals, groups, and institutions from around the country.

According to Green, ASA’s mission is to promote and engage dialogue, research, scholarship, education, creative expression, and action.  Its mission is driven by its commitment to foster quality of life, democratic participation and appreciation of Appalachian experiences regionally, nationally, and internationally.

For more information, contact Green at (304) 696-6269 or greenc@marshall.edu, or ASA’s executive director, Mary Thomas, at (304) 696-2904 or mthomas@marshall.edu.

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