{"product_id":"engaging-appalachia-a-guidebook-for-building-capacity-and-sustainability-hardcover","title":"Engaging Appalachia: A Guidebook for Building Capacity and Sustainability - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Adkins Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRebecca-Eli Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Schumann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInclusive campus-community collaborations provide critical opportunities to build community capacity--defined as a community's ability to jointly respond to challenges and opportunities--and sustainability. Through case studies from across all three subregions of Appalachia from Georgia to Pennsylvania, \u003ci\u003e Engaging Appalachia: A Guidebook for Building Capacity and Sustainability \u003c\/i\u003eoffers diverse perspectives and guidance for promoting social change through campus-community relationships from faculty, community members, and student contributors. This volume explores strategies for creating more inclusive and sustainable partnerships through the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In representing diverse areas, environments, and issues, three relatable themes emerge within a practice viewpoint that is scalable to communities beyond Appalachia: fostering student leadership, asset-building, and needs fulfillment within community engagement. \u003ci\u003eEngaging Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e presents collaborative approaches to regional community engagement and offers important lessons in place-based methods for achieving sustainable and just development. Written with practicality in mind, this guidebook embraces hard-earned experiences from decades of work in Appalachia and sets forth new models for building community resilience in a changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr. Rebecca Adkins Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Appalachian Studies, Assistant Director of the Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services, and an Associate Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Risks Research at East Tennessee State University. She is an Appalachian Regional Commission Appalachian Teaching Project fellow, Director of the Governor's School for the Scientific Exploration of Tennessee Heritage, co-editor of the online magazine \u003ci\u003eAppalachian Places: Stories from the Highlands\u003c\/i\u003e and serves on the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Appalachian Studies \u003c\/i\u003eEditorial Board. She is co-editor of the book \u003ci\u003eAppalachia Revisited: New Perspectives on Place, Tradition, and Progress\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRebecca-Eli Long\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar, activist, and artist who uses lived experiences of disability to imagine a socially just, sustainable future. They hold an M.A. in Appalachian Studies from Appalachian State University, and they are currently a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue University. \u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Schumann\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Appalachian Studies in the Department of Rural Resilience \u0026amp; Innovation and the former Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University. Schumann has 25 years of experience in community development and applied pedagogy in Appalachia, South Africa, and Wales. He has authored or edited four books, including \u003ci\u003eAppalachia Revisited: New Perspectives on Place, Tradition, and Progress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53097437888736,"sku":"9780813196947","price":72.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/DNggJ1-Ynq9780813196947.webp?v=1781685990","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/engaging-appalachia-a-guidebook-for-building-capacity-and-sustainability-hardcover","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}