Published: Sept. 23, 2021

CU Boulder History alumna, Caroline GregoCongratulations to  PhD grad Caroline Grego (adviser: Paul Sutter) whose book manuscript, Hurricane of the New South: How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Jim Crow Low Country (forthcoming, UNC Press) has been awarded the 2021 Rachel Hines Prize for best first book related to the Lowcountry and/or Atlantic World. The prize is administered by the College of Charleston and carries with it a significant cash award. Caroline is presently Visiting Assistant Professor at Queens University in Charlotte, NC.