The University of Georgia, Department of History

Jason Manthorne

20th-Century US; Agriculture and Rural Life; Rural Development; History of Capitalism

Graduate Student
Office: 126 LeConte
jman@uga.edu

Research and Teaching Interests

[African American]
[Environment & Agriculture]
[U.S. 19th & 20th Century]
[U.S. South]

Dissertation

"As You Sow: Culture, Agriculture, and the New Deal," supervised by Dr. James C. Cobb (In Progress)

MA Thesis

"Hoover Days: The South's Landless Farmers in the Great Depression," supervised by Dr. James C. Cobb (2006)

Selected Publications

"The View From the Cotton: Reconsidering the Southern Tenant Farmers Union," Agricultural History (Winter 2010) winner of the Everett E. Edwards Award for best article submitted by a graduate student

Honors and Awards

Dissertation Completion Award, UGA Graduate School (2012-2013)

Graduate Student Research and Performance Grant, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts (2010)

Edward Everetts Award for Best Graduate Essay, Agricultural History Society (2009)

'Memphis State Eight' First Place Paper Prize, Graduate Association of African American History (2008)