U.S. South, environment, agriculture

Graduate Student
MA, Appalachian State University, 2004

Office: 103 LeConte
Office Hours: By appointment
swanson7@uga.edu

Drew is working on his dissertation, tentatively titled, "Land of the Bright Leaf: Yellow Tobacco, Environment, and Culture along the Border of Virginia and North Carolina," directed by Paul Sutter.

Research and Teaching Interests

Dissertation

Selected Publications

"Fighting over Fencing: Agricultural Reform and Antebellum Efforts to Close the Virginia Open Range," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (Summer 2009) [More Info]

"Wormsloe's Belly: Understanding the History of a Southern Plantation through Food," Southern Cultures (forthcoming 2009)

Honors and Awards

Janelle Padgett Knight Graduate Award, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts (2009)

Graduate School Dean's Award, UGA Graduate School (2009)

J. Carlyle Sitterson Visiting Scholar Grant, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library (2009)

Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship, Virginia Historical Society (2009)

Wormsloe Scholar in Environmental History, Wormsloe Institute of Environmental History (2008-2010)

William Jennings Bryan Award, UGA History Department, Presented to a graduate student for the best history paper of the year (2008)

William Jennings Bryan Award, UGA History Department (2008)

Graduate School Outstanding Teaching Award, UGA Graduate School (2007)

Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistant Award, UGA History Department (2006)