Burriss, Theresa L.

Theresa L. Burriss is the Chair of Appalachian Studies and Director of the Appalachian Regional & Rural Studies Center at Radford University, Virginia. She is the contributing senior editor of "Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, " and her publications on the Affrilachians have appeared in the journals "Appalachian Heritage" and "Iron Mountain Review, " as well as in the books "An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature" and "Encyclopedia of African American Literature."