Department of History

Ph.D.–American History, University of Mississippi (2006)
M.A.–American History, University of Mississippi (1998)
B.A.–History, Spring Hill College (1996)

Spring Hill Courses:

Western Civilization

The South

The Progressive Era

Research Interests: The Lost Cause, Oral Tradition, Public and Private Memory, Local History

Dissertation:

Lessons in Heritage: Southern Children Inherit the Lost Cause

Other publications:

Beauvoir: A Walk Through History, editor, Alice Lachaussee. Biloxi, Mississippi, 2004.

Articles:

“The Longfellow House” ; “The Shoo-fly” ; “Mississippi Shrimp Net Making Tradition” for The Mississippi Encyclopedia, Charles Reagan Wilson and Ted Ownby, editors (currently being edited).

Professional memberships:
American Historical Association; Southern Historical Association, Southern Association of Women Historians; Jackson County Historical Association.

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