Alex Hall is an Appalachian historian, educator, and digital storyteller from the Cumberland Mountains. He serves as Administrative Assistant to the Provost and head esports coach at Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, where he works at the crossroads of student success, regional history, and competitive gaming.
Alex holds a B.A. in Pre-Law from Alice Lloyd College and an MBA from the University of the Cumberlands, and is currently pursuing graduate degrees in education, history, and cybersecurity. His work blends data, narrative, and place-based research to highlight the resilience, creativity, and contradictions of Appalachian life.
A multi-genre writer, Alex is the author of several poetry collections, Blue Sunflower: A Christian Poetry Collection, Amber Jar July, and Paperhearts: A Breakup Collection of Poems, the latter reaching #1 in Kindle Contemporary Poetry in October 2025. He is also a contributor to Abandoned, an anthology from the Cumberland Mountains Authors’ Guild.
On AppalachianHistorian.org, Alex has published over 100 articles on regional history, memory, and culture, alongside guest voices from across the mountains. When he isn’t writing or teaching, you can find him coaching collegiate esports, chasing world-record speedruns, or tending to his bees somewhere in the hills of Eastern Kentucky.