TEACHING AND SERVICE AWARDS

2003   Awarded a Service Award by the Coal Mining Heritage Association,
Montgomery County, Virginia, “in honor of her countless contributions
to the preservation of the heritage of area coal miners and their families,” June 2003.

1997   Awarded the Radford University Teaching Award, the Donald N. Dedmon Professorial Award for Teaching Excellence, May 1997.

1992    Awarded Honorary Citizenship by the Town of Appalachia, Virginia, in appreciation for heritage tourism consulting & oral history research on Wise County’s coal mining camps, April 27.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS 

2015        Wilderness Road Regional Museum: Recommendations for Community Outreach. Editor, writer, project co-director (with Carolyn Mathews).  Technical Consulting Report for the New River Historical Society.  Radford University Scholar-Citizen Initiative and the Center for Social and Cultural Research, Radford University, Radford, VA. December 2015. Pp. 1-99. Co-written with 8 RU student team members: Lauren R. Bailey, Bianca M. Billings, Catherine E. Costello, Victoria R. Curtis, Stephanie L. Prusa, Allanah K. Rocha, Blake Sholes, Rolphine Vales.

2014        “Farming Life in the New River Valley of Virginia: Ten Important Features Learned Through the NRV Farming
Study.” Journal of the New River Historical Society. Spring.

2013         Wilderness Road Regional Museum: Ideas and Recommendations. Project director, editor, writer.
Technical Consulting Report for the New River Historical Society. Radford University Scholar-Citizen
Initiative and the Center for Social and Cultural Research, Radford University, Radford, VA.
May 2013. Pp. 1-70. Co-written with 11 RU student team members: Skyler Askey, James D. Dunford,
Whitney Gunn, Wiliam W. Hess, Jennifer L. Long, Meghan L. McNeice, Caroline M. Musumarra,
Angelica Owens, Tyler J. Sturgill, James M. Visbeck, Heather M. Wright.

2012        “Neighbors Helping Neighbors: An Examination of the Social Capital Mobilization Process for Community Resilience to Environmental Disasters.” Journal of Applied Social Science 6(2): 209-237. SAGE Publications. 

2010   "Running the Family Farm: Accommodation and Adaptation in an Appalachian Region." Journal of Appalachian Studies 14(1-2):62-98 [published Jan. 2010 but backdated to 2008].

2010   "Bringing Academic Studies to Life: Linking the Classroom and Community in Experiential Education.” IN
In Celebration of Teaching: Radford University Faculty Perspectives, Radford University Foundation, ed.  Deer Park, NY: Linus Publications, Inc.  Pp. 119-125. 

2009   "Guidelines for a Partnership Approach to Appalachian Community and Heritage Preservation Work." IN Participatory Development in Appalachia: Cultural Identity, Community, and Sustainability, Susan E. Keefe, ed. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. Pp. 201-229.

2008     "Voices from the Coal Camps: Life in an Appalachian Coal Mining Region."  IN Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County [Virginia].  Paul Kuczko, ed.  Big Stone Gap, VA: Lonesome Pine Office on Youth with support from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Pp. 139-164.

2008   “The Need for Heritage Preservation: Developing a Plan for Revitalization."  IN Pride and Preservation: Mountain View Cemetery.  Radford, VA: Center for Experiential Learning and Career Services, Radford University. Pp. 9-31.

2007   Mountain View Cemetery: Ideas and Recommendations.  Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University.  (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors).  Technical consulting report by LaLone and her Applied Anthropology research team for the Mountain View Cemetery Committee, Radford, Virginia.  Web publication:  http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Mountain_View_Cemtery_Revitalization_Project.html

2007        New River Valley Coal Mining Oral History Project.  IN Case Studies in Community-Based Collaborative Research, The Institute for Community Research, June 2007, web publication http://www.incommunityresearch.org/documents/CaseStudiesinCBCRFinal12.17.08.pdf. Pp. 10-13.

2007        New River Valley Farming Oral History Project.  IN Case Studies in Community-Based Collaborative Research, The Institute for Community Research, June 2007, web publication http://www.incommunityresearch.org/documents/CaseStudiesinCBCRFinal12.17.08.pdf. Pp. 13-16.

2006   Memories from the Mines: Life in the Coal Mining Communities of the New River Valley.  (M. LaLone, film director/producer; Kenesha Moseley Beheler and Nathan Juarin, film makers.)  Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Documentary video.

2005   “An Anthro-Planning Approach to Local Heritage Tourism: Case Studies from Appalachia." NAPA Bulletin (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology), Vol. 23:135-150. 

2005   "Building Heritage Partnerships: Working Together for Heritage Preservation and Local Tourism in Appalachia.  Practicing Anthropology 27(4):10-13. 

2005   Coal Mining Heritage Museum and Video Documentary Project.  Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University.  (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors).  Technical consulting report by LaLone and her Applied Anthropology research team for the Coal Mining Heritage Association, Montgomery County, Virginia.  

2004   The Social and Economic World of Farmers Markets.  Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University.  (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors).  Web publication: http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Farmers_Market_Project.html

2003    Appalachian Farming Life: Memories and Perspectives on Family Farming in Virginia's New River Valley (edited by M. LaLone, P. Wimmer, K. Spence; numerous RU co-authors).  Radford, VA.: Brightside Press.  

2003   The Radford Arsenal: Impacts and Cultural Change in an Appalachian Region. (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors). Radford, VA: Brightside Press. 

2003   “Walking the Line between Alternative Interpretations in Heritage Education and Tourism:  A Demonstration of the Complexities with an Appalachian Coal Mining Example.” In Signifying Serpents & Mardi Gras Runners: Representing Identity in Selected Souths. Celeste Ray & Luke Eric Lassiter, eds. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Pp. 72-92. 

2003   Farm Heritage and Community Park: Conceptual Plans and Ideas (edited by M. LaLone w/numerous RU student co-authors). Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for the development of a regional farm heritage park submitted to Montgomery County, Virginia. Web publication: http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Farm_Heritage_Park_Project.html

2001   “Putting Anthropology to Work to Preserve Appalachian Heritage.” In Practicing Anthropology 23(2):5-9, Spring 2001. 

2001   The Radford Arsenal: Impacts and Cultural Change in an Appalachian Region (edited by M. LaLone & A. Hartle, w/numerous RU student co-authors). Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. 

2001      The Selu Living History Museum: Recommendations for an Appalachian Heritage Education Center (edited by M. LaLone, w/numerous RU student co-authors). Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for the Radford University Foundation, Selu Conservancy Steering Committee. 

2000   Coal Mining Heritage Park, Montgomery County, Virginia: Study, Plan, and Recommendations (edited by M. LaLone, w/numerous RU student co-authors). Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for Montgomery County and the Coal Mining Heritage Association. Web published: http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Merrimac_Coal_Mining_Heritage_Park.html 

2000   Wildwood Park: Nature, Heritage, and Planning Ideas (edited by M. LaLone, w/numerous RU student co-authors).  Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for Pathways for Radford (Virginia). 

1999    “Preserving Appalachian Heritage: A Model for Oral History Research and Teaching.” Journal of Appalachian Studies 5(1):115-122. 

1998    Coal Mining Lives: An Oral History Sequel to Appalachian Coal Mining Memories (edited by M. LaLone, w/numerous RU student co-authors). Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. 

1997    Appalachian Coal Mining Memories: Life in Virginia’s New River Valley Coal Fields (edited by M. LaLone, w/numerous RU student co-authors). Blacksburg, VA.: Pocahontas Press. 

1997    “The Appalachia Tourism Project: Applied Anthropology in an Appalachian Coal Mining Town.” In Practicing Anthropology in the South, Tim. Wallace, ed. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Pp. 91-101.

1997    “The Coal Mining Way of Life in Virginia’s New River Valley: Hard Work, Family, and Community.”  The Smithfield Review 1:53-62, Spring. 

1996     “Economic Survival Strategies in Appalachia’s Coal Camps.” Journal of Appalachian Studies 2(1):53-68. 

1995    “Recollections about Life in Appalachia’s Coal Camps: Positive or Negative?” Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association 7:91-100. 

1994    Appalachia, Heart of the Appalachian Region: Working Ideas for Development (edited by M. LaLone, w/numerous RU student co-authors). Radford, VA.: Honors Program, Radford University. Technical consulting report for the Town of Appalachia, Virginia. 

1994    “The Place Named Appalachia: Preserving its Past and Planning for its Future.” ALCA LINES 3(1):4, 15, Journal of the Assembly on the Literature and Culture of Appalachia. 

1994    “The Flea Market: An Economic Anthropology Class Project.” Anthro Notes 16(2)14-15. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 

1994    “From Flea Markets to Appalachian Tourism: Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Anthropology with Experiential Learning Projects.” Connections 5(1):14, Fall.  Center for Academic Enrichment, Radford University. 

1992   “Chapter 1: Historical Overview -- The Land, The People, The Place, and the Design Program” (w/C. Browne).  In Echoes of the Past – Vitality for the Future. Blacksburg, Va.: Landscape Architecture Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Technical consulting report for the Town of Appalachia, Virginia. 

1991    “Cultural Survival: Lessons from the Native North Americans.” Reviews in Anthropology 19:159-177. 

1987     “The Inca State in the Southern Highlands: State Administrative and Production Enclaves” (w/D. LaLone). Ethnohistory 34(1):47-62. 

1985         Indian Land Tenure in Southern Cuzco, Peru: From Inca to Colonial Patterns.  Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.  University Microfilms.

1980    Gabrielino Indians of Southern California: An Annotated Ethnohistoric Bibliography. University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Archaeology, Occasional Paper 6. 

1980    Culturas Nativas de Norteamericana/ Native Cultures of North America (published in Spanish & English). University of California, Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History, Pamphlet Series 1(8). 

1976    “Quechua Men and Women: Below the Surface of the Community.” California Anthropologist 6. 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 

2013         “RU Partnering with the Wilderness Road Regional Museum” (w/Carolyn Mathews). Presentation at the Forum
on University-Community Partnerships, Session on “Initiating, Negotiating, & Developing Relationships
Across the Community, April 12, Radford University, Radford, VA.

2012         “Examining Social Capital Mobilization for Community Resilience to Environmental Disasters.”
Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, March 31, Baltimore, MD.
And Chair of the session on “Social Responses to Natural Disasters” at the same meeting.

2008   “Appalachian Family Farming and the Twenty-First Century: Blending Traditional Survival Strategies, Adaptation, and Accommodation." Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meeting, March 29, Huntington, WV.

2008   “Developing a Revitalization Plan for an African-American Cemetery."  Presentation at the Uplands Archaeology in the East, Symposium, May 17, Radford University, Radford, VA.

2006   “Exploring Entrepreneurial Approaches to International and Service-Learning Education: Setting Our Worlds on Edge.”  Roundtable presenter at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, Vancouver, March 30. 

2005   "Building Heritage Partnerships: Working Together for Heritage Preservation, Education, and Local Tourism in Appalachia."  Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings, April 2005, Santa Fe.

2005   "Running the Family Farm: Adapting Economic Survival Strategies to Deal with Today's Development and Globalization."  Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association meetings, March 18, 2005, Radford, VA.

2005   "Linking Appalachia's Past with Its Future: Developing the Coal Mining Heritage Association, Oral History Project, and Heritage Education Park." (With J. Price and S. Haynes)  Plenary Address, Appalachian Studies Association meetings, March 19, 2005, Radford, VA. 

2003    "Adapting Appalachian Household Survival Strategies to Deal with Globalization and Modernity." Presented at the American Anthropological Assoc. meetings, November 2003, Chicago.

2003    "Family Farming in Appalachian Virginia: Conserving the Cultural Heritage” (w/ Peg Wimmer and Reva K. Spence). Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Assoc. meetings, March 2003, Richmond, KY. 

2002   “Selu: Planning an Appalachian Farming Living History Museum” (w/S. Deel, M. Flanigan, A. Smith, and J. A. Sowder). Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings, Atlanta, March. 

2002   “Living History: Planning a 1930s Appalachian Farming Museum” (w/J. A. Sowder). Presentation at the Southern Anthropological Society annual meetings, Asheville, April. 

2001    “Walking the Line Between Alternative Interpretations in Heritage Education and Tourism.” Presentation at the Southern Anthropological Society annual meetings, April, Nashville. 

2000   “Putting Anthropology to Work for Regional Heritage Preservation: Appalachian Oral Histories, Heritage Parks, and Tourism.” Poster presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Francisco, November. 

2000   “Coal Mining Heritage Park: Developing a Partnership between University, Community, County, and Region.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Knoxville, March. 

2000     “Using Anthropology for Heritage Preservation in the New River Valley.” Radford University Faculty Lecture Series, Radford University, April 10. 

1999    “Southwest Virginia Coal Mining Life: A Comparison of Two Regions.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Abington, Virginia, March. 

1998    “Heritage Tourism in Appalachia: Walking the Line Between Academic and Community Perspectives.” Presentation at the 14th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, July. 

1998    “Preserving Appalachian Heritage: A Model for University-Community Cooperation in Oral History Research.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Boone, N.C., March. 

1998   “Coal Mining History.” Presentation at the Appalachian Teachers’ Network annual conference, Radford University, September. 

1997    “Changing Places: Coal Towns and Appalachian Oral Tradition.” Radio interview for the National Public Radio show “With Good Reason,” vol. V, no. IX. 

1996    “Livelihood Strategies in the New River Valley Coal Fields of Virginia.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Unicoi State Park, Georgia, March. 

1995   “Economic Survival Strategies in the Coal Camps.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Morgantown, WV, March. 

1995      “The Appalachia Tourism Project: Applied Anthropology in an Appalachian Coal Mining Town.” Presentation at the Southern Anthropological Society annual meetings, Raleigh, NC, April. 

1994    “Extending the Classroom into the Community through Teaching Partnerships: The Development of a Teaching Partnership with an Appalachian Coal Mining Town.” Presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings, Atlanta, December. 

1994    “The Appalachian Tourism Project: Teaching through Participatory Involvement in Applied Anthropology.” Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings, Cancun, Mexico, April. 

1994    “Recollections about Life in Appalachia’s Coal Camps: Positive or Negative?” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Blacksburg, VA, March. 

1994    “Recollections of Life in the Coal Mining Communities of Southwest Virginia: Oral History Research in the Coal Camps Surrounding Appalachia.” Presentation at the First Annual Symposium on the History and Culture of Southwest Virginia, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, Abington, April. 

1993    “Ethnography as a Teaching Tool: Immersing Students in the Local Culture” (w/ M. B. Wagner). Presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington D.C., November. 

1993    “Preserving the Cultural History of Life in the Coal Mining Camps of Wise County, Virginia, 1920’s-1950’s.” Presentation at the Hagley Museum and Library, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. Scholarly Lecture, June 18. 

1993    “Making a Buck: Economic and Social Adaptations in an Appalachian Flea Market” (w/ L. Godoy, D. Halsall, & D. Matthews). Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Johnson City, TN, March 21. Web publication: http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Flea_Market_Project.html

1993    “Community Study Projects: Studying Flea Market Culture.” Presentation/workshop for the Appalachian Teachers’ Network annual conference, Radford University, September 18. 

1990    “Indians and Land: Guaraypata, Peru 1550-1675.” Presentation at the American Society for Ethnohistory annual meetings, Toronto, November. 

1985    “Living High: Market Women of the Southern Highlands of Peru” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington D.C., November. 

1983    “The Inca State in the Southern Highlands: The Question of the State Lands” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the Society for American Archaeology annual meetings, Pittsburgh. 

1979    ‘Trade and Marketplace in the Inca Realm” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the 43rd Meeting of the International Congress of Americanists, Vancouver, B. C. 

1978    “The Place of the Marketplace in Inca Peru” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the American Society for Ethnohistory annual meetings, Austin. 

1978    “Vertical Ecology and Marketplace Trade in the Provinces of Canas and Canchis, Peru” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Francisco. 

1977    “Male/Female Complementarity in Non-Industrial Societies.” Presentation at the Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Diego. 

1976      “Market Women and Their Role in Urban-Regional Integration.” Presentation at the Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Francisco.

RESEARCH PROJECTS WHILE AT RU:

Project Director for 14 research projects conducted from 1991-2014 in Appalachian Virginia, and co-director on 2 other projects.   These include projects focused on community-based research (CBR), oral history documentation, heritage museum and park planning, and heritage tourism.
Please see http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Research_Projects.html for project descriptions.

Applied Community-Based Planning Projects:

Museum Planning Consultant for the Wilderness Road Regional Museum, May 2012-ongoing; 
            Involves coordinating a community-based museum planning project for revitalization at the Wilderness
            Road Regional Museum, Newbern, VA, and development of an RU-WRRM research/teaching partnership
            with Dr. Carolyn Mathews, President of the New River Historical Society.

Merrimac Coal Mining Heritage Park Planning Project, 1999-2000

The Farm at Selu, Appalachian Educational Center Planning Project, 2001

Coal Mining Heritage Museum & Video Documentation Project, 2005-06
Mountain View Cemetery Revitalization Project 2007-08

Farm Heritage & Community Park Planning Project, 2003

Wildwood Park Planning Recommendation Project, 2000

Appalachia Heritage Tourism Project, 1993-94

Oral History/Ethnographic Projects:

Appalachian Farming Oral History Project, 2000-ongoing; developed in multiple stages over the past 14 years,
               starting with the Farming Oral History project, 2000-05; then U.S. Agricultural Census research, followed
               by combined oral history/census analyses.

Coal Mining Heritage Oral History Project, New River Valley, 1995-1998

Radford Arsenal Oral History Project, 2000-03

Appalachia Coal Camp Oral History Project, Far Southwest Virginia, 1992-95; 2007-08
Saint Albans Hospital Oral History Project, 2010-2013 (w/ Dr.s Cathy Hudgins & Carla Emerson)

Farmers Market Project, 2003-04

Flea Market Project, 1991-93