Kelly Mezurek
Kelly D. Mezurek | |
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| Born | Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of humanities, Walsh University |
| Known for | Author of For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops; recipient of the Nau Civil War Fellowship, University of Virginia (2019) |
Kelly D. Mezurek (born 1961) is a professor of humanities at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio whose research and writing has focused on nineteenth-century American History. A leading expert on the military service of African Americans during the American Civil War, she is the author of the book, For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops, which was published by The Kent State University Press in 2016.
A finalist for the Ohioana Book Award for nonfiction in 2017, she was awarded the Nau Civil War Fellowship at the University of Virginia in 2019.