The directory of rural development researchers in the South first lists researchers by state for the 13 southern states and Puerto Rico, then by subject area. Research projects (25) of the Southern Rural Development Center since 1975 are also listed. The listing by state covers Alabama (31 researchers), Arkansas (12), Florida (10), Georgia (15), Kentucky (18), Louisiana (18), Mississippi (17), North Carolina (43), Oklahoma (11), Puerto Rico (1), South Carolina (18), Tennessee (23), Texas (23), and Virginia (16). The listing by subject area uses categories of administration/marketing/management (24 researchers), agriculture (17), citizen participation (2), community development/economic development/rural development (91), community services/facilities (14), demography/population (18), energy conservation (12), evaluation (9), finance (22), gerontology/nutrition/elderly (10), health services (7), housing (20), income studies (17), and labor force (14). Other categories are land use (15), miscellaneous (21), public policy/policy planning (7), quality of life (7), recreation (3), research methodology (8), resource development (21), rural crime (3), rural development research--international programs (10), rural education (13), rural industrialization (13), rural safety (2), small farms (36), social change (22), socioeconomic attainment (3), solid waste/water resources (13), state government/local politics (9), and transportation (7). (MH)