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Dr. Laura Mammina

Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Laura Mammina studies the nineteenth-century United States, examining gender history, African American History, the history of slavery and emancipation, and civilian-military relations during the Civil War and Reconstruction. She is an incoming assistant professor of History and Fellow of the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society. Prior to her position at the University of Southern Mississippi, she held an academic appointment at the University of Houston-Victoria. Her current book manuscript, War on the Home Front, examines the ways in which southern civilians shaped Federal military policy. It is under review with the University of Georgia Press.

  • PHD - University of Alabama (2017)
  • MA - University of Alabama (2011)
  • American Discord: The Republic and Its People in the Civil War Era, 2020
  • Association for the Study of African American Life and History
  • Society for Military History
  • Society of Civil War Historians
  • Southern Historical Association
  • English (Native or Bilingual)
  • French (Limited Working)

Contact Me

Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 476

Hattiesburg

Email
Laura.MamminaFREEMississippi

Phone
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Areas of Expertise

The U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, Slavery and Emancipation, Women and War, Gender and War, African American Military Service