Mary Elizabeth Lane

Mary Elizabeth Lane is an American Indigenous, gender, and public historian at Florida State University. Her research focuses primarily on the intersections between the actions of and cultural impacts of Cherokee women, with memory and modern public representation. She also looks at how Cherokee culture diverged from that of its neighbors in the modern southeast United States and beyond. Her previous paper, "Religious Fervor and Fever: The Shifting of Cherokee Gender Norms, in the Face of Ongoing Disease Outbreaks as well as Religious and Cultural Change" was presented at Florida State’s History Graduate Student Association Spring 2026 Conference. She is especially interested in the ongoing cultural history of the native south, public history and how histories are preserved on an interpersonal level. She holds a B.A. in history from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and she also holds a B.F.A. from Auburn University with a concentration in digital and large format photography. Mary Elizabeth plans to graduate with her M.A. in History, spring of 2027, and marry her passions by working in public-facing institutions.