Dr. Kathleen (Katie) Logothetis Thompson earned her PhD from West Virginia University in May 2017. Her research explores how Civil War soldiers attempted to cope with their wartime experiences. She received a BA  in History from Siena College in her homestate of New York and her MA in History from West Virginia University.

Katie has worked for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia in addition to other academic and public history projects. 

You can read all of Katie's posts here.