Dr. Catherine Clinton is a pioneering historian of the American South and the Civil War. She is the author or editor of 25 books, including The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South; The Other Civil War: American Women in the Nineteenth Century; Southern Families at War: Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South; and Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom.

Dr. Clinton also has written history books for children, presented at numerous academic conferences, and served as a consultant to Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln. In 2015-16, Dr. Clinton will hold the prestigious position of president of the Southern Historical Association. Dr. Clinton earned her B.A. from Harvard, her M.A. from the University of Sussex, and her Ph.D. from Princeton. She has taught previously at the Citadel, Wesleyan, Brandeis, and she holds a research position at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she taught from 2006-2014.