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Katherine E. Ledford Appalachian State University |
| Web Page: | http://https://appstudies.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/dr-katherine-e-ledford |
| List Affiliations: | None |
| Interests: | Literature |
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Bio: Katherine E. Ledford, professor of Appalachian studies. Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.A., University of Alabama; B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Ledford teaches undergraduate courses in Appalachian literature and graduate seminars in comparative mountain studies and higher education pedagogy. From 2009 to 2016 she served as program director of Appalachian studies, advising and mentoring both graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Ledford co-edited Writing Appalachia: An Anthology, a comprehensive anthology of Appalachian literature published by the University Press of Kentucky in March 2020. She serves as a contributing editor for the Heath Anthology of American Literature and has published articles and reviews in ATQ, Appalachian Journal, Studies in Travel Writing, Journal of Appalachian Studies, and Mountain Research and Development, among others. Dr. Ledford co-edited Backtalk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes (2000) and the media section of the Encyclopedia of Appalachia (2006). A past president of the Appalachian Studies Association (2011-2012), she is founding chair of the association’s International Connections Committee, which fosters communication between Appalachian studies scholars and mountain studies scholars around the world. |
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