Article: Appalachian studies sparks career in academia

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. ...

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