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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, Other University of South Carolina -, 2020

  • BA, English Language and Literatur University of Georgia, 2014

Awards & Honors

  • 2022-3 Research Fellow Center for Social Sciences Research, Augusta University, 2022

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

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • WGST 4011

    History of Women

  • HIST 2111

    United States to 1877

  • HIST 4011

    Women's History: History of Women: Feminism

  • HIST 3491

    Military History of the US

  • HIST 4950

    Selected Topics: Reconstruction Era

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 Committee 2021 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Russian or Eastern European History Committee 2022 - 2023

    Role: Committee Member

  • Tenure Track Assistant Professor of African American History Search Committee 2021 - 2022

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Guard House Museum Committee 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Women and Gender Studies 2021 - Present

    Role: Other

Professional Service

  • Augusta Historical Society 2022 - Present

    Role: Board of Directors of a Company

  • Society for Civil War Historians 2021 - Present

    Role: Mentor

  • Georgia Historical Society Landmark Review Committee 2023 - 2026

    Role: Board of Advisors of a Company

  • South Carolina Historical Association 2023 - 2024

    Role: Officer, President/Elect/Past

  • Southern Association for Women Historians 2020 - 2023

    Role: Officer, Other Officer