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Melissa DeVelvis

Assistant Professor

Melissa DeVelvis

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

Bio

Teaches military history, public history, women's history. Specializes in 19th century South, Civil War era, women and gender studies.

email: mdevelvis@augusta.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., History, OtherUniversity of South Carolina -, 2020

  • BA, English Language and LiteraturUniversity of Georgia, 2014

Awards & Honors

  • 2022-3 Research FellowCenter for Social Sciences Research, Augusta University, 2022

  • Washington Library FellowFred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, 2021

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • HIST 4421

    Civil War and Reconstruction

  • HIST 4950

    Selected Topics: Reconstruction Era

  • HIST 2111

    United States to 1877

  • WGST 4011

    History of Women

  • HIST 4011

    Women's History: History of Women: Feminism

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Progress and Pushback: Navigating Slavery and the Public in Southern History Sites: A Roundtable, 2023
    Conference Proceeding
  • Review, 2022
    Book Review
  • Review, 2022
    Book Review
  • Review, 2022
    Book Review
  • Review, 2022
    Book Review

Department Service

  • Internships Committee2021 - Present

    Role:Committee Member

  • Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Russian or Eastern European History Committee2022 - 2023

    Role:Committee Member

  • Tenure Track Assistant Professor of African American History Search Committee2021 - 2022

    Role:Committee Member

College Service

  • Guard House Museum Committee2022 - Present

    Role:Committee Member

  • Women and Gender Studies2021 - Present

    Role:Other

Professional Service

  • Augusta Historical Society2022 - Present

    Role:Board of Directors of a Company

  • Society for Civil War Historians2021 - Present

    Role:Mentor

  • Georgia Historical Society Landmark Review Committee2023 - 2026

    Role:Board of Advisors of a Company

  • South Carolina Historical Association2023 - 2024

    Role:Officer, President/Elect/Past

  • Southern Association for Women Historians2020 - 2023

    Role:Officer, Other Officer
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