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The Appalachian Regional Studies Center (ARSC), a division of Radford University's College of Arts and Sciences, is located in the lower level of the Buchanan House on the Radford University campus and serves as headquarters for the Appalachian Studies Program. The center is directed by Dr. Grace Toney Edwards, who is assisted by faculty members Ricky Cox,  Ruth Derrick, and staff member Kerri Huff.

 

The ARSC houses the Appalachian Folklife Archives, where some 1000 field collection projects and their accompanying recordings, videotapes, slides and photographs are available for use in the university program. Approximately half of these are Appalachian folklife projects, and the other half feature Appalachian literary, media, history, sociology, and anthropology projects.  In addition, the ARSC houses a growing collection of audio and videotapes, CD's, DVD's, record albums and selected print materials. It serves as an information clearinghouse for the university community and the surrounding region, and as a resource center for Radford students and faculty, as well as for other scholars and educators in the Appalachian region.

The Appalachian Regional Studies Center is also the home of several programs enhancing the Appalachian experience at Radford University: the Appalachian Events Committee (AEC), the Farm at Selu, the Highland Summer Conference, the Appalachian Teachers' Network (ATN), the Assembly on the Literature and Culture of Appalachia (ALCA),  and Appalachian Arts and Studies in the Schools (AASIS).

For information about the ARSC and its programs, please contact Kerri Huff.

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                Last updated on July 14, 2008