Contact Information
209 Chapell Wilson Hall
Boone, NC 28608
Voice: 828.262.2293
Fax: 828. 262.2294

Department Chair
Ed Folts 
foltswe@appstate.edu

Social Work Director
Leon Ginsberg
ginsberglh@appstate.edu

Sociology Director
Bradley Nash, Jr.
nashb@appstate.edu

Social Science MA Director
Ken Muir
muirkb@appstate.edu

Gerontology Director
Ed Rosenberg
rosenberge@appstate.edu

Office Manager
Katherine Sbarbaro
sbarbaroka@appstate.edu  
Web Manager
Jammie Price
pricejl@appstate.edu

Faculty Scholarship

Social Work Projects

Appalachian State University 's Social Work Program faculty and staff are involved in a number of exciting local and statewide human services projects that provide different opportunities for BSW students. Below are descriptions of some of these innovative projects.

North Carolina Child Welfare Education Collaborative (NCCWEC) and Appalachian State University's Social Work Program

NC Methamphetamine Initiative/ASU Partnership for Methamphetamine Treatment Program Development and Evaluation

North Carolina's Community Based Programs' Database Management Project

Sociology Projects

Davison, Beth and Jammie Price. How Do We Rate: An Analysis of On-Line Student Evaluations of Professors.

Nash, Bradley Jr. and Kenneth B. Muir . Reporting Frames and the Social Production of Cultural Myth: Insights from Media Coverage of Organized Labor.

Nash, Bradley Jr. Constructing Sociology's History: Vico, Comte, and the Politics of Epistemology.  

Nash, Bradley Jr. Vico (Re)Enters: The Not So New Science of Reflexive Sociology.

Price, Jammie. Why Parents Do Not Re-Enroll Their Children: The Case of NC Children's Health Insurance Program

Price, Jammie. Improving Interagency Collaborations on Children's Health in Western, NC.