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Western Carolina University annually acknowledges and celebrates our faculty’s collective and individual scholarly and creative achievements. In 2024, we are proud to mark the 35th year of this institutional celebration. This year also is the 37th year of the Hunter Scholar Award, which recognizes and rewards faculty who make extensive use of library resources in their research. Each year since 2015, the University also annually recognizes the important work of grant writers.

This year, we are delighted to feature works of 288 scholars in our bibliography on this website. These scholars represent 28 departments from across all colleges and the Hunter Library. Their works include research articles, books, book chapters, poster presentations, literary and artistic contributions, performances, presentations, and more. The purpose of this online bibliography is to provide a broad overview and representations of the scope of faculty scholarship at Western Carolina University. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the much greater volume of faculty accomplishments.

Our goal is to inspire our academic community by highlighting and affirming the many ways in which WCU faculty express their creativity and contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and culture.

Sponsors of the 2024 Faculty Scholarship Celebration event are the Graduate School and Research, the Hunter Library, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Undergraduate Studies, the Brinson Honors College, and the Office of the Chancellor. Many thanks goes to the Faculty Scholarship Celebration planning committee: Heidi Buchanan, Roxane Stiles, Joshua Everhart, Mariah Nehus, Suzanne Melton, Dana Boyer, and Kloo Hansen.

Thanks also are due to the Hunter Scholar Award Selection Committee:

Chuck Thomas

Dean of Library Services