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Lindsay Rae Smith Privette
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of History
lprivette@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-2445
- lprivette@andersonuniversity.edu
- (864) 231-2445
Academic Background
Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Alabama
M.A in History, University of Alabama
B.A in History, Baylor University
Teaching at AU
What year did you start teacing at AU?
2018
How would you describe your classes to someone who has never attended one?
I'm a storyteller at heart, but I don't want my students to become passive listeners. Instead I wanted them to participate in the story and evaluate its usefulness.
Contact
lprivette@andersonuniversity.edu
Phone
(864) 231-2445
Fast Facts
I’m a storyteller at heart, but I don’t want my students to become passive listeners. Instead I wanted them to participate in the story and evaluate its usefulness.
US History 1; US History 2; Colonial and Revolutionary America; Civil War and Reconstruction; War and Society; History of American Popular Culture; Tragedy and Memory
College is challenging. It is a period of intense intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth. Sometimes, there seems to be more questions than answers. I remember those struggles well, and I remember the professors who not only cared about my intellectual development, but my spiritual development as well. I came to Anderson because I want the opportunity to mentor my students in the same way.
History isn’t about memorizing dates! It’s about understanding people, and honestly, people haven’t changed that much. If you can begin to understand something new about those who lived before us, chances are you’ll learn something new about yourself as well.
I love the people here. The dedication and camaraderie among the faculty and staff is inspiring, and my students are inquisitive and eager.
“Contaminated Water and Dehydration during the Vicksburg Campaign,” in American Discord: The Republic and its People in the Civil War Era, edited by Lesley J. Gordon, Megan L. Bever, and Laura Mammina, 99-115. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020
“‘We Yet Survive’: Physician Patient Relationships and the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853,” Social History of Medicine 32, issue 1 (February 2019): 80-98
“More than Paper and Ink: Confederate Medical Literature and the Making of the Army Medical Corps,” Civil War History 64, 1 (March 2018): 30-55.
“A Hard Place to Be Well: Soldiers’ Health and the Environment during the Vicksburg Campaign,” The Journal of Mississippi History LXXXVI, no. 3 and 4 (Fall/Winter, 2024): 59-84.
