Katharine S. Dahlstrand
120 LeConte Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1602
ksd60480@uga.edu
Education
PhD, History, UGA, in progress
MA History, FAU, 2013
BA English, FAU, 2011
MA Thesis Title:
Thesis Committee
A Nation of Outsiders: Industrialists, African Americans, and
Veterans in East Tennessee During Reconstruction.
Dr. Stephen Engle, Chair
Dr. Evan Bennett
Dr. Derrick White
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Fall 2014-Present
Adjunct Faculty, Northwood University & Palm Beach State College, Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant, Florida Atlantic University, 2012-2013
Combat Lifesaver Instructor, U.S. Army, 1999-2008
Publications
“Temporary Triumphs: The Carpetbagger President of the Knoxville Industrial
Association” in The Journal of East Tennessee History, Vol. 86, 2014.
Public History
Volunteer in Special Collections of Wimberly Library at Florida Atlantic University,
September 2013 to May 2014. Organized, processed, and described the collected
papers of FAU historian, John O’Sullivan. The work will eventually result in a
digital finding aid.
“Lincoln and the American Civil War” Exhibit at the Special Collections of Wimberly
Library at Florida Atlantic University, January 28, 2013-March 28, 2013.
Inventoried and researched over 450 items for an exhibit. Assisted in curating the
collection for display.
Internship in Public History, Fall 2012. Processed, arranged, and described a collection of
pamphlets for the Marvin & Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection. The work
on the collection resulted in the following finding aid:
http://fauarchon.fcla.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=106&q
Professional Honors and Research Awards
John O’Sullivan Travel Grant for Thesis Travel, Florida Atlantic University, 2013
Traci Jill Edelman Memorial Award for the Best M.A. Thesis, 2014
Conference Presentations and Guest Lectures
“Outsiders of Battlefield Experience: The Journey Home for the Civil War Soldier,” a
paper presented at the 2015 Veterans in Society Conference, Roanoke,
Virginia, November 12-14, 2015.
“Prisoners of War and the Loyalty Oath: The Rhetoric of Unionism and Reflections on
Reconciliation,” a paper presented at Florida Atlantic University’s Wimberly
Library for the American Library Association’s “Lincoln: The Constitution and
the Civil War” Exhibition and Lecture Series, Boca Raton, Florida, March 2023, 2015.
“Temporary Triumphs: The Carpetbagger President of the Knoxville Industrial
Association,” a paper presented at the 5th Annual meeting of the Society of
Appalachian Historians, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, May 19-21, 2014.
“The Peculiar Institution: An Overview of Slavery in the United States,” a lecture given
at the Florida Atlantic University Intensive English Institute, Boca Raton, Florida,
November 18, 2013.
“Easier to Stand? African American Opportunity in East Tennessee: An Environmental
History of Reconstruction,” a paper presented at the 98th annual meeting of the
Association for the Study of African American Life and History,
Jacksonville,
Florida, October 2-6, 2013.
“A Conversation of American Peace: the Pamphlets from the Civil War and their
Illustration of Non-Violent Potential,” a paper presented at the multidisciplinary
symposium for Examining Public Voice, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Across Time and Space, Boca Raton, Florida, April 4-6, 2013.
Service and Activities
Phi Alpha Theta President, Florida Atlantic University, 2013
History Graduate Student Association, Student Speaker Series Coordinator, University of
Georgia, 2015
Social Media Editor, The Civil War Monitor, 2015-present
Membership in Academic Organizations
Phi Alpha Theta
Southern Historical Association
Association for the Study of African American Life & History
Appalachian Studies Association
Society of Appalachian Historians
Society of Civil War Historians