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Dr. Laura Mammina

Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Laura Mammina studies the nineteenth-century United States, examining gender history, African American History, the history of slavery and emancipation, and civilian-military relations during the Civil War and Reconstruction. She is an assistant professor of History in the School of Humanities, a Fellow of the Dale Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ for the Study of War & Society, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ for Black Studies and the Evelyn Gandy Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ for Women and Leadership. Prior to her position at the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ, she held an academic appointment at the University of Houston-Victoria. Her current book manuscript, Hard Women, Hard War: How Southern Women Shaped U.S. Policy during the Civil War, is forthcoming in Fall 2026 from the University of Georgia Press.

  • PHD - University of Alabama (2017)
  • MA - University of Alabama (2011)
  • American Discord: The Republic and Its People in the Civil War Era, 2020
  • Association for the Study of African American Life and History
  • Society for Military History
  • Society of Civil War Historians
  • Southern Historical Association
  • English (Native or Bilingual)
  • French (Limited Working)

Contact Me

Liberal Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Building (LAB) 476

Hattiesburg

Email
Laura.MamminaFREEMississippi

Areas of Expertise

The U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, Slavery and Emancipation, Women and War, Gender and War, African American Military Service