Ron Eller to Respond to ‘A Hidden America’ at Union College

Ron Eller will respond to “A Hidden America” at Union College on Wednesday.

Dr. Ron Eller, one of the experts on Appalachia interviewed by 20/20 for “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains,” will speak at Union College in Barbourville on Wednesday, March 4 at noon.

The public is invited to attend. There is no charge for the event.

Eller’s presentation, “Stereotypes and Inequalities: Responding to ‘A Hidden America,’” will be held in the Union College student center in conference rooms A, B and C.

Originally from southern West Virginia, Eller teaches Southern history and is the former director of the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky. He has led research and service programs on a wide range of Appalachian and Southern policy issues, including education, health care, economic development, civic leadership and the environment. Eller is a former Rockefeller Foundation Scholar and author of “Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945,” published in 2008.

Eller has long been in demand as a speaker on Appalachian issues at colleges, conferences and community forums throughout the nation, and serves as a frequent consultant to civic and governmental organizations and the national media. He has served as chairman of the Governor’s Kentucky Appalachian Task Force, founding chairman of the Kentucky Appalachian Commission, and as the John Whisman Scholar for the Appalachian Regional Commission.

For more information about the event, call Union at 546-1230 or e-mail communications@unionky.edu.

February 26, 2009

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