{{short description|American historian (born 1967)}} {{Infobox academic|name=Elizabeth Regosin|birth_name=Elizabeth Ann Regosin|othernames=Liz Regosin|occupation=Historian|discipline=African American history|workplaces=St. Lawrence University|alma_mater=University of California, Berkeley<br>University of California, Irvine|birth_date={{birth year and age|1967}}|thesis_title=Slave Custom and White Law: Ex-Slave Families and the Civil War Pension System, 1865-1900|thesis_year=1995|thesis_url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35547982|doctoral_advisor=Michael P. Johnson}}
'''Elizabeth Ann Regosin''' (born 1967) is an American historian who is the Charles A. Dana Professor of History at St. Lawrence University. She researches African-American history with a focus on emancipation and the Reconstruction era. Regosin has written two books on the topic, ''Freedom's Promise'' (2002) and ''Voices of Emancipation'' (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Liz Regosin {{!}} St. Lawrence University |url=https://www.stlawu.edu/people/dr-liz-regosin |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=www.stlawu.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=H-Net Reviews |url=https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=www.h-net.org}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Regosin was raised in Irvine, California and has 2 sisters.<ref name=":0" /> She earned a B.A. in history at University of California, Berkeley in 1989. She worked as a teaching assistant from 1990 to 1991 while completing a M.A. in history at University of California, Irvine in 1992.<ref name=":1">{{Cite thesis|title=Slave Custom and White Law: Ex-Slave Families and the Civil War Pension System, 1865-1900|date=1995|language=en|first=Elizabeth Ann|last=Regosin|degree=Ph.D.|publisher=University of California, Irvine|oclc=35547982}}</ref> Regosin earned a Ph.D. in history at Irvine in 1995.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Staff profile|url=https://www.stlawu.edu/people/liz-regosin|access-date=2020-11-21|website=St. Lawrence University|language=en}}</ref> Her dissertation was titled ''Slave Custom and White Law: Ex-Slave Families and the Civil War Pension System, 1865-1900''. Regosin's doctoral advisor was Michael P. Johnson.<ref name=":1" />
== Career == Regosin's main research interest is African American history with a focus on African Americans transitioning out of slavery. She has written 2 books about emancipation and the Reconstruction era. Regosin joined the faculty at St. Lawrence University in 1997 and teaches courses in U.S. history, African American history, and the history of women in the U.S. She is the Charles A. Dana Professor of History.<ref name=":0" /> Regosin teaches a community-based learning course with students from both St. Lawrence University and Riverview Correctional Facility.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 15, 2020|title=No Matter the Modality, Humanity is in the Pedagogy|url=https://www.stlawu.edu/news/no-matter-modality-humanity-pedagogy|access-date=2020-11-21|website=St. Lawrence University|language=en}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* {{Cite book|last=Regosin|first=Elizabeth|title=Freedom's Promise: Ex-Slave Families and Citizenship in the Age of Emancipation|date=2002|publisher=University of Virginia Press|isbn=978-0-8139-2095-5|language=en}}<ref>Reviews of ''Freedom's Promise'': * {{Cite journal|last=Cottrol|first=Robert J.|author-link=Robert J. Cottrol|date=2003|title=Review|journal=The Journal of Economic History|volume=63|issue=3|pages=902–903|doi=10.1017/S0022050703542292|issn=0022-0507|jstor=3132338}} * {{Cite journal|last=Reece|first=Lewie|date=2003|title=Review|journal=Tennessee Historical Quarterly|volume=62|issue=3|pages=287–288|issn=0040-3261|jstor=42627780}} * {{Cite journal|last=Lindquist Dorr|first=Lisa|date=2002|title=Review of Freedom's Promise: Ex-Slave Families and Citizenship in the Age of Emancipation|journal=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography|volume=110|issue=3|pages=416–417|issn=0042-6636|jstor=4250045}} * {{Cite journal|last=Cody|first=Cheryll Ann|date=2003|title=Review|journal=The Journal of American History|volume=90|issue=3|pages=1034–1035|doi=10.2307/3660948|issn=0021-8723|jstor=3660948}} * {{Cite journal|last=Mintz|first=Steven|author-link=Steven Mintz|date=2004|title=Review of Freedom's Promise: Ex-Slave Families and Citizenship in the Age of Emancipation|journal=The Journal of Southern History|volume=70|issue=1|pages=178–179|doi=10.2307/27648367|issn=0022-4642|jstor=27648367}} * {{Cite journal|last=Rogers|first=William Warren|date=2003|title=Review|journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly|volume=87|issue=1|pages=132–135|issn=0016-8297|jstor=40584629}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last1=Regosin|first1=Elizabeth A.|title=Voices of Emancipation: Understanding Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau Files|last2=Shaffer|first2=Donald R.|date=2008|publisher=New York University Press|isbn=978-0-8147-7626-1|language=en}}<ref>Reviews of ''Voices of Emancipation'': *{{Cite journal|last=Lee|first=Susanna Michele|date=2009|title=Review|journal=The Journal of Southern History|volume=75|issue=4|pages=1078–1079|issn=0022-4642|jstor=27779160}} *{{Cite journal|last=Yang|first=Tony|date=2011|title=Review|journal=The Journal of African American History|volume=96|issue=4|pages=567–569|doi=10.5323/jafriamerhist.96.4.0567|s2cid=224841707|issn=1548-1867}}</ref>
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