Shurbutt thanked the Shepherd University Foundation and Monica Lingenfelter, executive vice president, for their help with this project, as well as Hendrix, who directed President’s Club funds last spring to help Speak with its community outreach. He is a four-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest. Booth’s recordings have received a Parents’ Choice Golden Honor, two Parents’ Choice Silver Honors, and three Storytelling World Awards and Honors. He has been featured at the International Storytelling Center, National Storytelling Festival, Appalachian Studies Association Conference, National Storytelling Conference, and has been a Spoken Word Resident at the Banff Centre. His original stories blend traditional mountain folklore, music, and an awareness of contemporary Appalachia. “Our stories reflect our culture and heritage, and the most fundamental parts of ourselves and they are essential for survival.”īooth is an award-winning storyteller, teacher, and musician. “Our stories define who we are and determine who we might become,” Shurbutt said. Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt, director, Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities, who noted that storytelling is at the heart of all the center does. “Storyteller-in-Residence is a position that will both honor Adam and keep him connected with Shepherd as he and Speak enter into this new phase and evolution of the Speak program,” said Dr. Booth developed the Speak Series about seven seasons ago, and the program has attained nonprofit status and grown to become an international storytelling series. Hendrix.īooth is a native West Virginian who teaches in the Appalachian Studies Program at Shepherd and, until recently, housed his Speak Story Series with the Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities. SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV - Adam Booth has been appointed Shepherd University’s first Storyteller-in-Residence by President Mary J.C.
Center for Appalachian Studies and Communities.
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