Participant Info

First Name
Shae
Last Name
Smith Cox
Affiliation
Nicholls State University
Website URL
https://www.shaesmithcox.com
Keywords
American Civil War, Public History, Material Culture, 19th Century, Civil War Uniforms, United Daughters of the Confederacy, United Confederate Veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Relief Corps., Politics, Women, Race, Southern History.
Additional Contact Information
Shae.cox@nicholls.edu

Personal Info

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About Me

Currently an Assistant Professor of History at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Shae Smith Cox earned her Ph.D. in American History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in May 2020 with a minor in Public History. She studies 19th century race and gender with an emphasis on material culture and memory of the Civil War. Shae has a forthcoming publication entitled “Outfitting the Lost Cause: The Recreation of Memory, Identity, and Southern Sectionalism through Civil War Uniforms, 1865-1920s,” in Buying and Selling the Civil War, edited by James Marten and Caroline E. Janney, due Summer 2021 from Georgia University Press.

Recent Publications

Publication in Progress for Collected Volumes

“Manufactured Identity: The Recreation of Memory, Identity, and Southern Sectionalism through Civil War Uniforms, 1865-1920s,” in Buying and Selling the Civil War, editors James Marten and Caroline E. Janney, 2021.

 

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States of America
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
18th century, 19th century
Expertise by Topic
American Civil War, American Founding Era, Gender, Material Culture, Military, Museums, Politics, Public History, Race, Slavery, Women