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Graduate Humanities<\/strong>,\u00a0our Program newsletter, has been published bi-annually without interruption since 1977. Click on the links below for an Adobe PDF version of the more recent publications:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fall 2025<\/a>
\nFor this issue, we created a timeline to briefly explain the community-university partnered seminars and special projects that contributed to the West Virginia Activist Archive<\/a> (now the Appalachian Change Agents Archive<\/a>), which is focused on learning about nonprofits: 2016 \u201cWest Virginia Activist Archive\u201d Seminar\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0 2018: \u201cWork in Nonprofits\u201d Seminar & Book\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0 2023-2025: \u201cDrinko Project\u201d & Manuscript\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0 Collective Ethnography\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0 New Generation of Change Agents in Appalachia<\/em> & \u201cAfterward: Cloud of Witnesses\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0 2025: \u201cNonprofits in Appalachia\u201d Seminar which yielded 1) \u201cWeekly Journals\u201d by graduate student Ben Campbell, 2) \u201cYou End Homelessness by Housing People\u201d (an interview with Traci Strickland, Executive Director of the Kanawha Valley Collective, by graduate student Makayla Hosey), 3) \u201cAll Hands of Deck\u201d (an interview with Hanna Mitchell, local volunteer, and President of the Board of Directors for Love Hope Center for the Arts, by graduate student Emma Hicks), 4) \u201cNever Make a Judgement\u201d (an interview with Marra Jerrome, \u201cFamily Navigator\u201d at the Huntington City Mission,\u00a0<\/em>by graduate student Tucker Williams. And, on the back page, there\u2019s much to celebrate with faulty member Cat Pleska, and students Courtney Danielson, Dylan Haynes, Heather Lauer, and Anna Osbourne.<\/p>\n

Spring 2025<\/a>
\nFor this issue, four graduate students submitted papers written for other classes but rewritten for this newsletter. Kathaleen Kuhn-Book (farmer and photographer) wrote about a keen interest in a paper titled \u201cThe Other AI: Artificial Insemination.\u201d Lisa Hamm (former military Police officer) wrote about something she\u2019d always wanted to know more about while in the military, \u201cIntersectionality, Identity, and Domestic Violence: A Former Police Officer Weighs In.\u201d Abby Parks (scholar of ancient culture and history) wrote about a book that explores social constructions about how flesh should interact with the world, \u201cFlesh, Carnality, and Human Corporeality: An \u201cExamination of Mayra Rivera\u2019s Poetics of the Flesh.\u201d Dylan Haynes (high school teacher) reviewed a book whose main character reminded her of her Dad. The title of her paper is \u201cAn Open-Minded, Intelligent Appalachian Man.\u201d And faculty member Cat Pleska gave us permission to print an excerpt of her newly released essay in Still: The Journal (Fall 2024). The title is \u201cThe Ineffability of Home.\u201d \/ And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2024<\/a>
\nHelp us celebrate the publication of WE ARE APPALACHIA!<\/em> Sit back and enjoy the excerpts from five of the twenty-six contributors to the anthology. Faculty, author, and publisher, Cat Pleska, leads with the story of how this book came into being from its the origin as a seminar to a collection of original works celebrating Appalachia. Next comes an introduction to the book from student editor, Brooke Hypes, followed by five graduate student essays: \u201cAria and The Fae Queen,\u201d by Hanna Sechrist (\u201923), \u201cDo You Remember\u201d by Eli Asbury (\u201923), \u201cIII Momma: The Wicked Witch of L.A.\u201d by Rachel Fortune (\u201923), \u201cPeggy\u2019s Story\u201d by Peggy Proudfoot Harmon (\u201923) and the last one by Brooke herself, \u201cThe House Up White Oak Hollow.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2024<\/a>
\nIn this issue, we begin with original stories from three graduate students who attended our Fall 2023 writing seminar: \u201cReady, Set, Gamify! Educators, Time to Level Up\u201d by Michelle Ferrell, \u201cAmerican Movies and the Underdog Archetype\u201d by Jerriann Cochran, and \u201cWhy Game Studies\u201d by Justin Whittington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cCat Pleska: Faculty, Author, Editor, Publisher, Storyteller, and now Script Writer & Narrator of \u2018Vernon Street: The Corbin Story\u2019\u201d announces the newly released documentary of a closed garment factory in Huntington that\u2019s been refurbished as a business incubator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2023<\/a>
\nContinuing our series from the Spring 2023 issue, graduate student Hayley Humphries leads off with her oral history of Tina Humphries’ stain glass artistry\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oral history interview by graduate student Anna Osborne with musicians Mary Ashton and Amy McIntire of the classy country MA’AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “Continuing to do Great Work” celebrates Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter’s 28th Distinguished John Deaver Drinko Academy Fellow award from Marshall University and the honorary doctorates awarded to Dr. Lassiter and his wife and colleague, Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, by Malm\u00f6 University in Sweden\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2023<\/a>
\nIn the lead article, \u201cGovernment Performance Auditing & the Humanities,\u201d Brooke Hypes proposes that Oral History should be included as part of the process used by state agencies and boards to see if they comply with laws and regulations and operate efficiently and effectively\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interview with Austin Barnett by student Brooke Hypes about his life in the theater\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interview with Makeup Artist Alexia Lilly by student Elijah Ashbury\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interview with Chef K.D. Jones by student Rachael Fortune\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBeyond the Classroom: Using Oral History for Organizational Development\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2022<\/a>
\nLead article by Mikhaela Young (\u201920), \u201cRecovery Appalachia and the Art of Recovery: Hope and Healing,\u201d describes how Mikhaela approached the field of psychology and its many dimensions through the lens of the humanities\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Memoir in Appalachia: \u201cNikki Giovanni, bell hooks, and Our Appalachia\u201d by graduate student Anna Osborne compares the memoirs of these two iconic Black female writers and why little is known about Black Power and School Desegregation in Appalachia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A follow-up to Anna\u2019s musings on the \u201cinvisibility\u201d of Black Appalachians is a piece by educational advocate Sheila Coleman-Castells, \u201cFrom Whence Cometh My Help: How Black Girl Magic Can Change Appalachia\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faculty member Cat Pleska explains her new role as Artist-In-Residence at West Edge in the old Corbin manufacturing building in Huntington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhat Constitutes Appalachian Music?\u201d lets us follow graduate student Rachael Fortune\u2019s growing appreciation for the diversity of music written and performed in Appalachia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Celebration of Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter\u2019s recent acceptance of the president\u2019s position for the Historic Glenwood Foundation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2022<\/a>
\nLead article celebrating Octopus, Elephant, Beehive: An Appreciative Inquiry into a Thriving Step By Step, Inc.,<\/em> a book published by the Graduate Humanities Program, with excerpts from interviews with Founder Michael Tierney and former Manager in Training, Kandi Workman\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appalachian Culture, Traditions, and Heritage: \u201cI have a strong need to share the joy of music,\u201d by Megan (Darby) McKnight with illustrations from her children\u2019s book manuscript\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Independent Research: \u201cFalling in Love with McNeill\u2019s Poetry\u201d by Calisa Pierce (\u201921) accompanied by one of her original photos and a short nonfiction essay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appalachian Studies: \u201cMaking the Life of My Grandmother Remain a Memory with Meaning\u201d by Diana Bailey (\u201921) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2021<\/a>
\n\u201cReflections on this past year: Nothing at all, Everything at once,\u201d lead article and poem, \u201cSurrender,\u201d written by Kaitlyn (Rhodes) Rhebel (\u201919)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from \u201cA Killing Time\u201d by Cat Pleska\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Everyone Has a Story: Individual and Community Resiliency \u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Excerpts from Peggy Proudfoot Harman\u2019s \u201cEthnomusicology Report: The Tygart Valley Homesteaders\u201d \u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Excerpts from 2021 MU Press Release:\u201d I\u2019m Afraid of That Water wins Weatherford Award best books about Appalachia\u201d \u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2021<\/a>
\n\u201cIn this Public-Private Partnership Everyone is a Winner,\u201d lead article with excerpts from interview with Kemp Winfree, Executive Vice President of the Historical Glenwood Foundation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cCultural Equity\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cArt In Society\u201d by Emily Hilliard\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPreserving West Virginia & Appalachian Culture through Collections at the West Virginia State Museum\u201d by Shannon Cook\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cReformation of Representation: How Modern Museums Shape our Understanding of American Indian Cultures\u201d <\/strong>by Alexander Griffith\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPublication Permissions\u201d from the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2020<\/a>
\n\u201cMapping Human Diversity: Genetic Testing, Folk Ideologies of Heredity, and Race,\u201d lead article with excerpts from interview with visiting Major Scholar, Dr. Jonathan Marks, Genetic\/Biological Anthropologist\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cEugenics and Images of Appalachians,\u201d synopsis of final paper by Andrew Gooding\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t Call Me Ishmael: Eugenics, Pop Culture, and the Appalachian Quandary,\u201d synopsis of final paper by Kyle Warmack \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0More excerpts from \u201cI\u2019m Afraid of That Water: A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis by co-authors, Jay Thomas, Joshua Mills, Cat Pleska, Emily Mayes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsberg by Renate Pore\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Zoom Talk Collage \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring\u00a02020<\/a>
\n“I\u2019m Afraid of That Water: A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis,” lead article comprised of excerpts from the newly published book of the same name. Co-authored by academics and community members for three audiences: academics, local West Virginians, and a larger public interested in issues of disaster and its aftermath. \u00a0 \u00a0 \/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cShifts in Perspective: The Workings of the Duck\/Metaphor,\u201d excerpts from work produced for the seminar, \u201cPhilosophy\u2019s Practices and Engagements\u2013\u2013American Pragmatism.” \u00a0 \u00a0 \/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cLegal Derivation for West \u2018By God\u2019 Virginia,\u201d by Dr. Eric Waggoner, Executive Director, West Virginia Humanities Council.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0 \u00a0And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2019<\/a>
\n\u201cYours Affectionately: The Intimate Letters of Lucy Woodbridge and Lewis Summers,\u201d lead article comprised of excerpts from graduate Angela Holley\u2019s final project regarding letters written by former residents of the Glenwood Estate in Charleston, West Virginia, during the Civil War.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cProcesses of Preserving and Transcribing,\u201d a description of Holley\u2019s methodology and learnings.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBuilding from the Ground Up: West Virginia\u2019s Cultural & Creative Economy,\u201d interview with Dr. Eric Waggoner, Executive Director, West Virginia Humanities Council.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Book: Fearless: Women\u2019s Journeys to Self-Empowerment<\/em>, edited by Cat Pleska (\u201998), author, editor, publisher, storyteller, and faculty member, Graduate Humanities Program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2019<\/a>
\n\u201cFinding Billy Dunn,\u201d lead article comprised of excerpts from graduate Carolyn Quinlan\u2019s final project regarding Little League Baseball in St. Albans, West Virginia.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWork in Non-Profits: Appreciating the Charitable Sector Seminar (Part One),\u201d with excerpts from student papers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAppreciating The Charitable Sector Seminar (Part Two),\u201d a brief explanation of an organizational process, Appreciative Inquiry, and how it was used in the non-profit seminar.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2018<\/a>
\n\u201cVisual Metaphor: The Graduate Humanities Program as Kaleidoscope,\u201d lead article explores the similarities between a liberal arts program and an optical instrument.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cElevating \u2018Evaluation\u2019 to \u2018Valuation,\u2019\u201d sets up the survey, \u201cAsking \u2018What Do You Value About the Program?\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWord<\/em> Wide Web.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2018<\/a>
\n\u201cEnvironmental Humanities,\u201d lead article including interviews with a Major Scholar Seminar instructor, Dr. Susan Crate, Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University and student Mikhaela Young.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cClimate Science Needs Anthropology,\u201d excerpts from a paper by student Kaitlyn Rhodes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBuilding Energy-Efficient Houses: Life After Grad School,\u201d interview with graduate James Straight (\u201915) about his vision for his construction company.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Book: Voices on Unity: Coming Together, Falling Apart, <\/em>an anthology compiled and edited by Cat Pleska (\u201998), author, editor, publisher, storyteller, and faculty member, Graduate Humanities Program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2017<\/a>
\n\u201cLearning Together: Academic & Community Partnerships,\u201d lead article interview with Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter, Director of the Graduate Humanities Program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRecent Graduates & Their Community Partners,\u201d excerpts from student projects with community groups.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2017<\/a>
\n\u201cDigital Humanities: What is it and Why Care?\u201d excerpts from a discussion by students and instructor in our Digital Humanities seminar.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSetting Sail for New Opportunities: Life After Grad School, article by Josh Mills (\u201916).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe Dump Humanities Education at Our Own Peril\u201d by Dan Foster, retired Charleston surgeon, former state senator, and a Gazette contributing columnist.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Book: One Foot in the Gravy<\/em>\u2014<\/em>Hooked on the Sauce: Recipes You\u2019ll Relish<\/em>, compiled and edited by Cat Pleska (\u201998), author, editor, publisher, storyteller, and faculty member, Graduate Humanities Program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2016<\/a>
\n\u201cChoice, Along with Confidence,\u201d reflection by student, Rhonda Marrone.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPassages from Final Projects and Thesis,\u201d excerpts from student projects.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visual: \u201cMU Graduate Humanities Program: What Attracts Our Students and Where They Work.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2016<\/a>
\n\u201cHumanities Puts a Human Face on Public Policy,\u201d interview with Dr. Renate Pore, Director, Health Care Policy for West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLooking at Activism in West Virginia, Past and Present,\u201d reprint from Charleston Gazette-Mail regarding the West Virginia Activist Archive.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visual: \u201cPublic Humanities\u201d\u2014partnerships between our program and community groups.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2015<\/a>
\n\u201cCommunicating A Different Way, A Better Way,\u201d interview with student Ashley Dennison, Staff member of Heritage Farm Museum and Village, Huntington, West Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cA Deeper, Wider View of the World,\u201d interview with Larry Groce, Musician and Arts Producer, Host of live radio show, Mountain Stage<\/em>, and Director of FestivALL<\/em>, an annual celebration of arts and entertainment in Charleston, West Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHow I Think About the Humanities,\u201d exposition by student Josh Mills.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2015<\/a>
\n\u201cAlways Taking Risks,\u201d interview with Dr. Bob Maslowski, Faculty, Archaeologist (retired) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGo to the Music to Figure Things Out,\u201d interview with Dr. Lauren Onkey, Vice President of Education & Public Programs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland Ohio, visiting Major Scholar faculty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0New Book: Riding on Comets: A Memoir,<\/em> by Cat Pleska, Faculty and Editor-in-Chief, Mountain State Press.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Book: Doing Ethnography Today: Theories, Methods, Exercises<\/em> by Dr. Beth Campbell, Faculty, Assistant Professor of Education and Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter, Director, Professor of Humanities and Anthropology.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall\u00a02014<\/a>
\n\u201cConnecting Past and Present,\u201d interview with Dr. Billy Joe Peyton, Faculty, Co-Director of the Glenwood Center for Scholarship.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnswering the \u2018So What?\u2019 Question,\u201d interview with Dr. Arijit Sen, architect and vernacular architecture historian at the University of Wisconsin, and a visiting Major Scholar faculty, about reading American architectural landscapes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Images from \u201cGlenwood \/ History of Charleston Seminar & Public Presentation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0New Book: Dark Wine Waters: My Husband of a Thousand Joys and Sorrows<\/em>, by former faculty member, Dr. Fran Simone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2014<\/a>
\n\u201cSomething\u2019s Going to Happen,\u201d interview with student Jay Thomas regarding the juxtaposition between being a businessman (Blues BBQ) and a graduate student in the Humanities program.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe Had to Make Up our Own Mind,\u201d interview with student Brenna Craig about her learning experience in the program and in particular, in a seminar about the life, work, and culture of coal mining in West Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2013<\/a>
\n\u201cIts All There on the Page: A Life in Writing and Teaching,\u201d by Cat Pleska (\u201998), Faculty.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLiving and Teaching,\u201d by Anne McConnell, Faculty, and Associate Professor in the English Department, West Virginia State\u00a0 University.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Glenwood Estate Memories & Histories.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2013<\/a>
\n\u201cLiving in Music (Part II): Singing & Songwriting,\u201d interview with Michael Tierney, Director, Step By Step, Inc.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSinging & Songwriting,\u201d interview with Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter, Director, Graduate Humanities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Book: Missing: Mrs. Cornblossom<\/em>, by Colleen Anderson (\u201903).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Book: Fed From The Blade: Tales and Poems From the Mountains<\/em>, selected and edited by Cat Pleska (\u201998), faculty, Senior Editor at Mountain State Press.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2012<\/a>
\n\u201cLiving In Music: Singing & Songwriting,\u201d interview with educator Pete Kosky (\u201904). \u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cSinging & Songwriting,\u201d interview with owner of Mother Wit Writing and Design, Colleen Anderson (\u201903). \u00a0 \/ \u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Spring 2012<\/a>
\n\u201cScience and Art,\u201d interview with artist, Angelica Tovar (\u201908). \u00a0 \u00a0 \/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cThe Problem with Humanities,\u201d essay by Renae Bonnett (\u201911). \u00a0 \u00a0 \/ \u00a0 \u00a0 And more . . .<\/p>\n

Fall 2011<\/a>
\n\u201cSo What Can You Do With A Humanities Degree?\u201d by Trish Hatfield (\u201908), Program Assistant. \u201cWhat\u2019s Happened Elsewhere?\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWhat\u2019s Been Happening?\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0 \u00a0New Documentary: \u201cSecrets of the Valley: Prehistory of the Kanawha,\u201d produced by Dr. Robert Maslowski, Faculty of Cultural Studies. \u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0 \u00a0New Book: Explorations in Cultural Anthropology,\u201d co-edited by Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter, Director, Marshall University Graduate Humanities Program. \u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0 \u00a0And more . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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