**Note: for the 2018-19 school year, Lee is on sabbatical from ETSU, and is a Fulbright Scholar in the Czech Republic, continuing his research on Czech bluegrass, and teaching at the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University in Prague. Please contact Dr. Ron Roach (roachr@etsu.edu) with any questions about ETSU graduate programs in Appalachian Studies, or Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies.
Graduate Student Mentoring

Lee coordinates the graduate programs in Appalachian Studies at ETSU - contact him at bidgood@etsu.edu with questions!
Online Projects with content from ETSU students
https://appalachiansoundposts.wordpress.com/
Online exhibit providing documentation and interpretation of soundscapes in Appalachia, and those from elsewhere that refer to the region - founded by graduate students in Lee's APST 5670 "Ethnomusicology and Appalachia" course at ETSU.
We're eager to add more "soundposts" - /contact me if you are interested in being a part of this project!
Student exhibits from BLUE 3140 "Bluegrass History II":
https://bluegrasshistory.wordpress.com/
https://bluesgrassscenesandsounds.wordpress.com/
https://downhomememories.wordpress.com/
* BLUE 3140 student Jimmy Fitch published his essay on the Osborne Brothers on the No Depression site: http://nodepression.com/article/bluegrass-goes-electric-country-and-rock-roll-influence-genre
Students' reports on Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country music-making today, from BLUE 4130, "Survey of Contemporary BLUE":
https://surveycb.wordpress.com/
https://surveycbfall2014.wordpress.com/
https://surveycb2015.wordpress.com/
https://surveycb2016.wordpress.com/
https://surveycb2017.wordpress.com/