Lou Martin is an associate professor of history at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, a board member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, and an honorary member of UMWA Local 1440. His research focuses on rural-industrial workers in Appalachia. He has published articles in LABOR: Working-Class Histories of the Americas, Labor History, Pennsylvania History, West Virginia History, and Jacobin. His 2015 book Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia examined the culture and politics of steel and pottery workers in his home state’s northern panhandle during the 20th century. Martin received honorable mention from the Organization of American Historians–David Montgomery Book Award Committee. He earned his PhD in history from West Virginia University, was awarded the Buhl Professorship at Chatham University in 2016, and was awarded the WVU History Department’s Outstanding Alumni Award in 2018. Currently, he is writing a brief history of social movements in Appalachia for WVU Press.