Savannah Flanagan

Advisor

Dr. Andrea Turpin

Education

M.A. in History, Virginia Tech, 2022

Certificate in Public History, Virginia Tech, 2022

B.A. in History, North Carolina Wesleyan University, 2020

B.A. in Religious Studies, North Carolina Wesleyan University, 2020

B.A. in Entertainment Theatre, North Carolina Wesleyan University, 2020

Research Interests

Broadly, I am interested in the intersections of gender, space/place, religion, and medicine in 18thand 19thcentury U.S. history. My current research looks at how women navigated gendered boundaries in the Moravian community located in North Carolina. I am also interested in public history and oral histories.

Selected Publications

Savannah Jane Flanagan, review of The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America, by Brendon McConville, Harvard University Press, 2021, https://pasttensejournal.com/2021/10/16/review-the-brethren/.

Savannah Jane Flanagan. “What was Lost in the Fight: Exploring the Process and Results of Educational Desegregation in the Rural South Through Oral History” Omnium: The Undergraduate Journal of North Carolina Wesleyan College, 2020.

Selected Activities

Academic Awards/Fellowships/Grants

• Graduate School Fellowship, Baylor University, 2022
• Society of Early Americanists Digital Fellow, 2021
• Graduate School Assistantship, Virginia Tech 2020
• Omnium: The Undergraduate Research Journal at North Carolina Wesleyan University First Prize Winner of the 2020 Academic Writing Competition-Social Sciences
• History Major Outstanding Student Award, North Carolina Wesleyan University, 2020
• Religious Studies Award, North Carolina Wesleyan University, 2020