Our combined research experience and practice have ranged over the following areas:
- Alabama history
- American history and literature
- American medical history
- American South
- American women’s history
- Appalachian regional history, culture, and development
- Blue Ridge Parkway history and policy
- Clinical social work
- Country music
- Cultural policy
- Cultural representation and presentation
- Cultural resources management
- Digital history
- Documentary film
- Environmental history
- Ethnography
- Folklore / folklife
- History of technology
- Latin American history
- National Parks history
- New Deal period
- Nicaraguan cultural / social history
- North Carolina history
- Politics of culture
- Public history
- Regional economic development
- Tourism development
- Traditional music
Additionally, David is bilingual in Spanish and has done extensive archival work in Spanish-language sources.