This section contains information regarding Community Based Research projects. This includes descriptive reports and final reports from the various projects. Each project involves both communities and colleges working together.

In addition, below this section are contacts for some of the communities that would be interested in collaborating with colleges on projects in the future. Please contact them!

The Portrait Project: Southeast Community College

Sociology of Appalachian Culture Cades Cove Oral History Project: Maryville College and Cades Cove Preservation Association

Population & Human Ecology Community Based Research Project: Maryville College and Narrow Ridge

Patriotism Community Based Research Project for Freshman Seminar Course: Maryville College

Participatory Research on Women and Grassroots Organizations as Activists in a Central Appalachian Valley: Maryville College and ABCDE

Initiating Community and College Relationships: Emory & Henry College and the Local Migrant Farm Worker Population

Using CBR across Disciplines: Tusculum College and Rural Resources

CBR Outcomes Summer 2001: BCPIA* and Emory & Henry and Union Colleges

CBR Outcomes Spring 2002: BCPIA and Ferrum, Tusculum, & Emory & Henry Colleges

CBR Outcomes Summer 2002: BCPIA and Emory & Henry College

* note: BCPIA = Big Creek People in Action, WV

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

For additional information, contact:
Franki Patton Rutherford
304-875-3418 or frankipr@hotmail.com

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH IN CLEARFORK VALLEY, TENNESSEE

For additional information, contact:
Marie Cirillo
marie@jellico.net