She is the author of “Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century,” and the co-editor with Sandra Slater of “Gender and Sexuality in Indigenous North America, 1400–1850.” Dr. Yarbrough has also published articles in the Journal of Southern History and the Journal of Social History. Currently, she is researching Choctaw Indians and the American Civil War. Dr. Yarbrough received her undergraduate degree from Rice University and her doctorate in American history from Emory University.