Savannah Scott
Savannah Scott
Graduate Research Assistant
U.S. History: 20th century U.S. history, digital history, war and society
Savannah Scott is a third year history PhD student at George Mason university. Her research interests include 20th century American history, digital history, and war and society. She is a graduate assistant at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Her current research focuses on outdoor recreation in the all-volunteer Army, and its relationship to environmental culture.
Education
B.A. in History from Bridgewater College, 2023
Recent Presentations
“Mining Academic Genealogies: Tracing Connections within the Historical Profession,” poster presentation, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 10, 2026.
“Queering NoVA’s Cable: Building LGBTQ Community Through Local Cable Television,” paper presentation, Conrad M. Hall Symposium for Virginia History, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, October 4, 2025.
“Networks of Influence: The Women’s Bureau, Community Services, and World War II,” paper presentation, Telling Women’s Stories: Conference on Women and Gender, Christopher Newport University, March 2025.