Curator:
Sally Brown Deskins
Scholarly Consultant:
Ryan Claycomb
Designer:
Joe Galbreath
Advisory Committee:
- Ryan Claycomb, WVU Humanities Center
- Marie T. Cochran, Director, The Affrilachian Artist Project
- Crystal Good, poet
- William Hal Gorby, faculty, Teaching Assistant Professor, History, WVU
- Rosemary Hathaway, Associate Professor, WVU Department of English
- Gina Mamone, artist/founder, Queer Appalachia
- Ann Pancake, poet
- Travis Stimeling, Associate Professor of Music History, WVU
Theme 1: Growth of Diverse Perspectives
- Cari Carpenter, Professor, Department of English
- Kiana Crosby, artist
- Marjorie Fuller, Director, The WVU Center for Black Culture and Research
- Crystal Good, poet
- Rosemary Hathaway, Associate Professor, WVU Department of English
- Alyssa Hinton, artist
- Charlotte Hoelke, Clinical Assistant Professor, WVU LGBTQ Center
- Amber Li, 9th grader, Morgantown High School
- Tabitha Lowery, WVU PhD Candidate in English
- WVU Press
Theme 2: Science, Education and Industries
- DeWayne Barton, CEO, Hood Huggers, International
- Eddie Brzostek, Assistant Professor, Biology, WVU
- Paul Corbit Brown, Photographer
- John Deskins, Director, WVU Bureau of Business & Economic Research
- Eloise Elliott, Ware Distinguished Professor of Physical Activity and Sciences, WVU
- E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University
- William Hal Gorby, Teaching Assistant Professor, History, WVU
- Chris Haddox, Assistant Prof, WVU School of Design and CommunityDevelopment, WVU
- Tom Hansell, Documentary Filmmaker, Author, Artist
- Janet Hart, Watercolorist
- Trevor McKenzie, Archives Assistant, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Belk Library and Information Commons, Appalachian State University
- Brenden McNeil, Associate Professor of Geography, West Virginia University
- Jill Moles Mullins, Fine Art Photographer
- Audra Slocum, Assistant Professor of English Education, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction/Literacy Studies, WVU
- Stefania Staniscia, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, WVU
- Nick Stump, Faculty Member of George F. Farmer J. Law Library at the WVU College of Law
- Matthew J. Winans, PhD Candidate, Systems Biology, WVU
- WVU Press
Theme 3: Future of Appalachian Traditions
- Nancy Abrams, Writer, Photographer, Editor
- Chris Haddox, Assistant Prof, WVU School of Design and Community Development
- Emily Hilliard/West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council
- Michael and Carrie Kline, Folklorists and Musicians with Talking Across the Lines
- Trevor McKenzie, Archives Assistant, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Belk Library and Information Commons, Appalachian State University
- Torey Siebart of Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.
- Travis Stimeling, Associate Professor of Music, WVU
- Mehmet Oztan, Service Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geography, Eberly College, WVU
- WVU Press
Theme 4: Speculative Futures
- Jaime Banks, Associate Professor, College of Media & Communication, Texas Tech University
- Nicholas David Bowman, Associate Professor, College of Media & Communication, Texas Tech University
- Daniel Boyd, Writer, filmmaker, retired professor (currently Artist-In- Residence, West Virginia State University EDC.)
- Cardboard Computer: Ben Babbitt, Jake Elliott, Tamas Kemenczy, founders, Kentucky Route Zero
- Baaria Chaudhary, Student, Masters in Science in Computer Science, Statler College of Engineering
- Liz Pavlovic, graphic artist
- Christine Rittenour, Associate Professor in Communication Studies, WVU
- David Smith, Teaching Assistant Professor, WVU Reed College of Media
- Beth Jane Toren, Interdisciplinary, Cultural and Film Studies Librarian, WVU Libraries
- WVU Press
Appalachian Futures at West Virginia University: Class Projects
- Emily Corio, (New Media/Journalism)
- Jennifer Thornton (History)
- Beth Jane Toren (Honors College)
- Kathryn Williamson (Astrophysics)
- Stewart Plein (Rare Books) & Joe Galbreath (Graphic Design)
Atrium Art Installations:
- Liz Pavlovic
- Mamone
Soundtrack by: Gangstagrass