Laura June Davis, PhD
laurajunedavis.bsky.social
Laura June Davis, PhD
@laurajunedavis.bsky.social
History Professor, #skystorians, Writer, dog lover and AcaMama. Specialities: #CivilWar, Gender, Military, Naval, #SocialStudiesEd, #WomenStudies.
My Office is ready for Halloween.
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#NavigatingthePast Day 2 begins now aboard the USS New Jersey!
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#NavigatingThePast Day 1 is wrapping up. Honored to have been part of such an innovative and inspiring conference in honor of #Homecoming250, #USMC250, and #USNavy250 .
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Kicking off right now: #NavigatingThePast Conference
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Congrats to the newly commissioned 2nd Lts of the Columbus State University Army ROTC Cougar Battalion! It was an honor and a privilege to be your history professor last fall.
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I just registered for the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) Triennial Conference at Bethune-Cookman University this June! Are you going?
April 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My favorite way to start a trip. :)
Excited to see my fellow blue jacket historians in Annapolis soon.
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Celebrating a productive and successful SMH Conference Program Committee Meeting in NOLA with some beignet bites. We had a great group and the experience ended up being a lot of fun. Looking forward to Mobile in March!
December 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Starting my whirlwind 36 hour trip to NOLA off right. There's nothing like conference planning and service work right in the middle of finals.
December 5, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Current mood
July 30, 2024 at 6:37 PM
@kellydmezurek.bsky.social : I am not sure which paper title you wanted so here is the full panel
June 23, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Jeremy is looking at the desolation of the South and how abandoned agricultural land during the #CivilWar becomes "unimproved." Causes = emancipation, put migration, soldier deaths, and ??? There are many factors. Local factors may be #1

#SCWH24
June 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Cheers to the start of the start of SCWH
June 21, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Last night, award winning historian @mkn.bsky.social discussed The Three Cornered War, the Civil War in the West, the Indian Wars and how the Civil War was a continental conflict.
Thanks for coming to Columbus State University and giving a great talk!
March 12, 2024 at 3:02 PM
December 9, 2023 at 10:40 PM
When your turkey does not have a tag to let you know how much it weighs, you get out the baby scale.
#ProblemSolving
#Turkey
#thanksgiving

It was 15 lbs and 2.5oz if you were curious.
November 23, 2023 at 3:27 PM
And so it begins....

Thankful for all of you!
#happythanksgiving🦃
November 23, 2023 at 12:58 PM
Happening right now: Melissa Walker is giving the SAWH Annual Address at #2023SHA: ""The heydey of a woman's life is the shady side of fifty"...or is it?"
November 11, 2023 at 10:09 PM
Had a great time at the SAWH Happy Hour meet up last night. Thanks to @drkarenlcox.bsky.social for organizing such a great event.

And, #2023SHA forget to look for the SAWH bookmarks near registration!
November 10, 2023 at 12:05 PM
Loving the swag for #2023SHA
November 10, 2023 at 11:55 AM
My students had a great discussion about Carole Emberton 's To Walk About in Freedom, the FWP Slave Narratives, historiography, and the experience of the charter generation of Emancipation.
November 2, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Happening right now: Master Chief Jim Bradford, USN (Ret) sharing his military and memoir writing experiences with Columbus State University students
November 1, 2023 at 8:21 PM
I wish I had the words but I dont. The terrifying news of late is overwhelming. I'll just say that I am sending love and support to all of my Jewish friends, family, and KD sisters.
October 30, 2023 at 2:25 AM
Happening right now: Lieutenant General, ROK Army (Retired) talking to @columbusstate students and community about the military history and policies of South Korea: "Challenge From Northeast Asia: it isn't just China."
@csuhistorygp
October 18, 2023 at 11:20 PM
Tony Peebler discussing the Antebellum US Navy in the Pacific by focusing on the experiences of 3 naval officers and their role in expanding the American Empire
#McMullen23
September 22, 2023 at 8:18 PM