Shannon M. Smith is Associate Professor of History at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota, where she teaches courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction in Americ...view moreShannon M. Smith is Associate Professor of History at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota, where she teaches courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction in American culture, gender and race in US history, and protest and rebellion. She holds a PhD from Indiana University and a master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.view less