Education
- Ph.D. from Louisiana State University (1999)
Research Interests
Civil War, US South, 19th Century Politics
Selected Publications
Books
A Perfect War of Politics: Parties, Politicians, and Democracy in Louisiana, 1824-1861. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003). Winner of the 2003 Kemper and Leila Williams Prize for best book on Louisiana History.
Articles/Essays
“’Our Interest and Destiny are the Same’: Governor Thomas O. Moore and Confederate Identity,” Louisiana History (Summer: 2008), 261-286.
"'A Very Disagreeable Business': Confederate Conscription in Louisiana," Civil War History (June 2007) vol. LIII, no. 2, pp. 141-169.
"'The Ladies are Moving Everywhere': Louisiana Women and Antebellum Politics," Louisiana History 42 (Fall 2001), 439-57. Winner of the Presidents Memorial Award for Best Article in Louisiana History, 2001
"The Sudden Collapse of the Louisiana Whig Party," Journal of Southern History 65 (May 1999), 221-48. Included in Carolyn De Latte, ed., Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History, Volume 4, Antebellum Louisiana, 1830-1860, Part B: Politics (Center for Louisiana Studies,2004), 260-81.
Awards
- Winner of the 2003 Kemper and Leila Williams Prize for best book on Louisiana History.
Spring 2010 Courses
| Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time |
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| 10657 | AMH2010 | U.S. HISTORY: 1492-1877 | Face2Face | Tu,Th 1:30PM - 2:45PM |
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| 22628 | AMH6939 | SEMINAR IN U.S. HISTORY | Face2Face | M 6:00PM - 8:50PM |
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