SAVANNAH
PRICE, M.A.
About Me
Recently graduated with my M.A. in English with a focus on Literary Studies, I now serve as the General Manager of Operations and Marketing at Rooted Summerville, a plant nursery in Northwest Georgia that specializes in online plant sales nationwide.
In addition to my past and ongoing managerial and marketing experiences, I am an inspired and disciplined author, currently working on publishing my debut dystopian novel. Alongside my work and education, I have published several pieces, given presentations, and received various awards.
During my time at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), I worked as a Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). As a Research Assistant, I worked closely with faculty to develop a research plan, identify relevant research, analyze documents, organize research findings, and collaborate with professors on my results. In my Teaching Assistant position, I taught a section of Rhetoric and Composition I and ten one-credit-hour tutorials.
Within this ePortfolio, you can find my published work, both non-fiction and fiction, along with links to many of my other creative endeavors.
Literary Interests
My literary interests include but are not limited to young adult literature, historical fiction, American literature, and feminist literature.
I especially enjoy gender studies, more specifically how women and young girls are portrayed in literature, especially in young adult literature, and looking at class struggles (Marxism) as they are represented in the literature of different time periods. I have a particular interest in gender performance studies, particularly when applied to young adult literature and media.
For instance, while completing my master's degree, I read Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games through a Marxist, feminist, and Foucouldian lens. This style of reading allowed me to put myself and Collins in a conversation with theorists like Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Laura Mulvey, Karl Marx, and others. I hope to continue to explore more works of young adult literature in a similar way as my career progresses.
