Travis Patterson

Visiting Instructional Assistant Professor of History

Travis Patterson

Dr. Travis Patterson is a Visiting Instructional Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Mississippi.

Research Interests

Dr. Patterson's specialization is 19th- and 20th-century US history, Southern history, lynching, and memory.

 

Compositions

Selected Article(s):

5. Claude Neal and the Fight for Antilynching Legislation, 1934-1950 (2023, Faculty and Graduate Student Forum on Race and Ethnicity)

Panel 2: Reconstruction (2023, Conference on the Civil War)

Dissertation:

The Claude Neal Lynching: Race, Memory, and a Southern County's Violent History (2024, Electronic Theses and Dissertations)

Courses Taught

  • HIST 1300 Intro to US History to 1877
  • HIST 1310 Intro to US History Since 1877

Education

B.A. Political Science, Clemson University (2013)

Ph.D. History, University of Mississippi (2024)