 She received a fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to complete her dissertation about the integration of antebellum Appalachia into global capitalism.Since 1996, Dunaway has published four revisionist monographs about pre-Civil War Appalachia, and that work has been recognized through two Weatherford Awards for the best book about Southern Appalachia, an honorary doctorate, and several other book and research awards.In addition, she has edited two books that offer revisions and extensions of world-systems analysis.