Participant Info
- First Name
- Shae
- Last Name
- Smith Cox
- Country
- United States
- State
- TX
- Shaevcox@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Texas A&M 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.
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- ShaeSmithCox@tamu.edu
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Shae Smith Cox is an Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. She studies 19th century race and gender with an emphasis on material culture, sensory history, and memory of the Civil War. LSU Press published her first book “The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939,” in February 2024. She earned her Ph.D. in American History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in May 2020 with a minor in Public History.
- Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Books:
The Fabric of Civil War Society: The Effect of Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939, Louisiana State University Press, forthcoming February 21, 2024.
‘The Suffering and Groans of the Wounded and Dying Were Terrible to See and Hear’: Auditory Experiences of Civil War Suffering, in progress.
Edited Books
Shae Smith Cox, Evan Rothera, and Michael S. Green (eds.): A Companion to Abraham Lincoln, Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming 2025.
Book Chapters and Essays
“Lincoln and Pop Culture: Representation in the Media,” in A Companion to Abraham Lincoln, Wiley-Blackwell, (eds.) Shae Smith Cox, Evan Rothera, and Michael S. Green, forthcoming 2025.
“Outfitting the Lost Cause: The Recreation of Memory, Identity, and Southern Sectionalism through Civil War Uniforms, 1865-1920s,” in Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America, eds. James Marten and Caroline E. Janney, University of Georgia Press, 2021.
Online Publications
Smithridge, 64 Parishes, August 5, 2024, https://64parishes.org/entry/smithridge
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @ShaeVaughnCox
- Country Focus
- United States of America
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 19th century, Early Modern
- Expertise by Topic
- American Civil War, American Founding Era, Gender, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Military, Museums, Politics, Public History, Race, Slavery, Women
