Participant Info
- First Name
- Joan
- Last Name
- Cashin
- Country
- United States
- State
- OH Ohio
- cashin.2@osu.edu
- Affiliation
- Ohio State University
- Website URL
- u.osu.edu/joanecashin
- Keywords
- Civil War era, antebellum, nineteenth century, women, gender, race, material culture, environment, landscape, region
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- Email is the easiest contact: cashin.2@osu.edu
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a history professor at Ohio State University, specializing in American history from the Revolution through the Civil War era. My doctorate is from Harvard University, and I am the author or editor of seven books and many articles. I have published op-eds in HUFFINGTON POST, HISTORY NEWS NETWORK, and the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, and I have been interviewed for approximately fifty television programs, podcasts, radio programs, and newpaper articles. My areas of expertise include the Civil War, antebellum America, nineteenth century America, women, gender, race, material culture, environment, landscape, and region.
- Recent Publications
WAR STUFF: THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (2018), author
WAR MATTERS: MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA (2018), editor
FIRST LADY OF THE CONFEDERACY: VARINA DAVIS’S CIVIL WAR (2006), author
OUR COMMON AFFAIRS: TEXTS FROM WOMEN IN THE OLD SOUTH (1996), editor
- Media Coverage
- Not sure what this means.
- Social Media
- @JoanECashin
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Civil War, Emancipation, Environment, Gender, Material Culture, Race, Slavery, Women
