Alumnus (Graduate Program) James Hill Welborn III (Trae) completed his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia in May 2014. He studies the moral ethics of honor and religious piety in the 19th-Century South, with a particular focus on the evolving cultural meanings of and reactions to masculine vice and violence. His dissertation, entitled “Drinkin’, Fightin’, Prayin’: The Southern White Male in the Civil War Era,” used Edgefield, South Carolina as a window into the development of righteous honor, the ethical ideal he argues was at the heart of southern manhood and identity during the era. He has co-authored an article with Stephen Berry entitled “The Cane of his Existence: Depression, Damage, and the Brooks-Sumner Affair” published in Southern Cultures. Another article entitled “Dispensing the Progressive State: Benjamin Tillman’s South Carolina State Dispensary” was published in The Social History of Alcohol & Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal. He has reviewed works for The Journal of American Ethnic History, The Journal of Southern Religion, Southern Historian, The Journal of the Civil War Era, The North Carolina Historical Quarterly, Civil War History, and The Civil War Monitor. Research Research Areas: Cultural & Intellectual Gender and Sexuality Religion U.S. 19th & 20th Century U.S. South Selected Publications Selected Publications: Berry, Stephen, and James (Trae) Welborn. ““The Cane Of His Existence: Depression, Damage, And The Brooks-Sumner Affair””. Southern Cultures Volume 20.No. 4 (2014): n. pag. Print. Welborn, James (Trae). “Drinkin', Fightin', Prayin': The Southern White Male In The Civil War Era”. Stephen Berry. 2014: n. pag. Print. Welborn, James (Trae). “Dispensing The Progressive State: Benjamin Tillman's South Carolina State Dispensary”. The Social History of Alcohol & Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 27.No. 1 (2013): n. pag. Print. Welborn, James (Trae). “Union Blockade And Coastal Occupation In The Civil War”. The Civil War In Georgia: A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion. 2011. Web. a Education Education: PhD, University of Georgia, History 2014 MA, Clemson University, History 2007 BA, Clemson University, History 2005 Other Information Of note: Short-Term Research Fellowship, Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama, 2014-2015 Graduate Research Award, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia, 2013 Gregory Graduate Research Award, UGA History Department, 2013 Gregory Graduate Research Award, UGA History Department, 2012 Gregory Graduate Research Award, UGA History Department, 2011 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, UGA History Department, Recognition of outstanding performance of Teaching Assistant Responsibilities, 2010 Future Faculty Program, UGA Center for Teaching and Learning, Career Development Program for award-winning teaching assistants accepted into program, 2010