Emily Satterwhite

Emily Satterwhite is a scholar of the histories, societies, and cultural representations of Appalachia with expertise in community engaged research. She is professor and the director of the Appalachian Studies program, which offers a Pathways minor in Appalachian Cultures and Environments. Professor Satterwhite is the Edward S. Diggs Endowed Professorial Chair in Humanities at Virginia Tech. She serves with Katrina Powell as co-director of Monuments Across Appalachia and co-editor of Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia: Reimagining Place, Identity, and Mobility (Rivanna Books, UVA Press).

Satterwhite’s recent publications include “Pipeline Resistance” with Mary Finley-Brook and Cameron Baller in Oxford Bibliographies of Environmental History and an article with Jessica Taylor on historical perceptions of health in coal-dependent counties. Her book Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878 (2011) won the Weatherford Award for best nonfiction about Appalachia and the Phi Beta Kappa Sturm Award.