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Appalachian Center Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Gathered here are the digitized theses, dissertations, and capstones across all degree programs that address Appalachia.

Works from 2026 2026

UNEVEN WATER: THE POLLUTION AND SOLUTIONS OF WATER IN APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY, 1919-1962, Riccardo Paolo D'Amato

WE ARE HERE: NATIONAL AND APPALACHIAN ACCOUNTS OF YOUTH-TO-ADULTHOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AMONG SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY EMERGING AND EARLY ADULTS, Holden Dillman

Addressing Obesity and Diabetes in Appalachian Kentucky, Hannah E. Orens

Environmental Predictors of Human Lyme Disease Incidence Across Appalachian Counties in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2000-2019, Karlie D. Rennison

Works from 2025 2025

EXPLORING PATTERNS IN NONMEDICAL GABAPENTIN USE AND GABAPENTIN-POSITIVE OVERDOSE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHEDULING: A MULTI-METHODS STUDY OF APPALACHIAN AND STATEWIDE TRENDS IN KENTUCKY, KaraLynne Cook

Building Schools, Building Communities: Appalachian Women, Schoolhouse Activism, and the Politics of Reform, Allen Fletcher

PROTECTING ECOSYSTEM HOPE SPOTS: CASE STUDIES IN APPALACHIAN OLD-GROWTH FOREST DEFENSE, Emma Kiser

Impacts of School-Based Agricultural Education on the Resilience of Senior Appalachian High School Students Living in Economically Disadvantaged Counties in Kentucky and Virginia, Ruth D. Toole

Works from 2024 2024

Changes in Primary Care Availability in Appalachia, Whitney Beckett

TORE ALL TO PIECES: POEMS AND SHORT STORIES FROM QUEER APPALACHIA, WILLIE CARVER Jr.

INVESTIGATING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND DRUG SELLING AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS IN RURAL APPALACHIA, KENTUCKY, Grace A. Debo

DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS INJECT DRUGS: A STUDY OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN APPALACHIA KENTUCKY, Ryli Hockensmith

Moonshine in the Mountains: A Social Analysis of Illicit Whiskey in Appalachia, 1865-1925, Arshiya Jeelani

Exploring the Impact of an Appalachian Higher Education Institution Had On Fostering Solidarity, Capacity, and Agency of Female Appalachian Students Seeking To Positively Influence the Quality of Life For Themselves and Appalachian Communities, AnaLiese Mitchell

INCREASING HPV VACCINATION IN TWO APPALACHIAN COUNTIES, Autumn Rice

MAIL-BASED OR HOME DELIVERY SERVICES: PREFERENCES AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY, Su Su Zin

Works from 2023 2023

Solving the Healthcare Employee Shortage: The Effectiveness of Incentive Programs in Enticing Young Health Professionals to Appalachian Kentucky Communities, Taylor Williams

Works from 2022 2022

The Wheel of Oppression: Rolling Towards Substance Use in Central Appalachia, Sydney Cox

Identifying Factors Associated with Syringe Reuse Among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Appalachia Kentucky, Grayson Keith Fuller

COLONIAL CONTRACEPTION: AMERICAN BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATES AND THEIR WORK IN APPALACHIA, PUERTO RICO, AND INDIA; 1930-1970, Dana Johnson

"Not Just Whites in Appalachia": The Black Appalachian Commission, Regional Black Power Politics, and the War on Poverty, 1965-1975, Jillean McCommons

Bolstering Leadership Engagement to Community Coalition Work in Rural Appalachia, Melissa Slone

Works from 2021 2021

The Effect of the Affordable Care Act on the Ability of Health Departments in the Appalachian Regions to offer Primary Care Services, Ogechi Anyagaligbo

Appalachia on the Airwaves: A History of Public and Educational Television in the Southern Mountains, Carson Benn

Almost Heaven: Religious Arguments in Appalachian Extractive Fiction, Darby Lane Campbell