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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Crossing the Pond: The Influence of Southern Appalachian Old-Time on Contemporary Irish Music, Amanda Morgan
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Susannah and Cold Mountain: Examining the Portrayal of Appalachian Culture in Opera, Savannah Bennett
‘The Most Important Thing is the Music:’ Ralph Blizard’s Legacy Preserving Traditional Appalachian Old-Time Music, Emily Dingler
An Acute Sense of Place: The Songs of Norman Blake, Thomas Jutz
The Folk Festival of the Smokies and the Role of Music Festivals in Preserving Old-Time Music in Appalachia, Keegan Luckey-Smith
At Home at the Down Home: Building and Sustaining a Musical Community, Rheva Myhre
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
In Seeking a Definition of Mash: Attitude in Musical Style, Thomas Cassell
All Roads Lead to Darrington: Building a Bluegrass Community in Western Washington, James W. Edgar
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
“If I Could Only Win Your Love”: Lyrical Analysis of the Sacred and Secular Songs of the Louvin Brothers, Aynsley Porchak
Devil in the Strawstack, Devil in the Details: A Comparative Study of Old-Time Fiddle Tune Transcriptions, Kalia Yeagle
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Land Beneath the Water: Narratives of the Keowee-Toxaway Project in Appalachian South Carolina, Austin Gregory
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
“You Can’t Put a Price on Something That’s Not for Sale”: Eminent Domain in St. Paul, Virginia (1970 - 1985), Evan Couch
The Doyen of Dixie: A Survey of the Banjo Stylings of Uncle Dave Macon, Corbin F. Hayslett
Bluegrass and Old-Time in Catalonia: An Ethnographic Case Study of Aesthetic Communitas, Michael J. Luchtan
“I’ve Always Identified with the Women:” How Appalachian Women Ballad Singers’ Repertoire Choices Reflect Their Gendered Concerns, Sara Lynch-Thomason
Running the Health Care Marathon: An Ethnography of a Charitable Clinic in a Rural Appalachian Community, Courtney A. Rhoades
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Old Deery Inn & Museum: An Ethnographic Case Study, Rebecca J. Proffitt
Trout Fishing in the Smokies and the Blue Ridge, 1880-Present: How-To, History, and Habitat, Nathaniel Cole Skaggs
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Recasting the White Stereotype of Southern Appalachia: Contribution to Culture and Community by Black Appalachian Women, Sherry Kaye Ms.
The Handweavers of Modern-Day Southern Appalachia: An Ethnographic Case Study, Cathryn F. Washell
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
“The Great Speckled Bird”- Early Country Music and the Popularization of Non-Secular Song, Kris R. Truelsen