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Article: Appalachian studies sparks career in academia
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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It's been 18 years since he graduated from East Tennessee State,
and 22 since graduating Salem High, but Brian Chisom has kept his
eye on the same goal since he began his long journey through
academia. He starts this new school year, working at Roanoke
College as he has since 1993, with a doctorate in Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies with a Cognate in Appalachian Studies
from Virginia Tech.
His senior humanities teacher, Jane Brill, inspired him just to
think about going to college.
Chisom grew up as a Southern Appalachian in all senses of the
word. His intellectual love for local culture began with a set of
Foxfire books that his parents bought him for Christmas one year. ...