Biography and expertise
Amanda Scott earned her PhD in English—Creative Writing at Western Michigan University, where she previously served as Editor-in-Chief and Nonfiction Editor of Third Coast. She also earned her MA in Technical Communication from Texas State University, where she currently serves as Assistant Executive Editor of Porter House Review. Her writing appears in Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, Hayden's Ferry Review, HAD, Juked, New South, and elsewhere, and has been supported by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Vermont Studio Center.
An educator with more than a decade of experience, she has taught numerous undergraduate courses in composition, technical writing, creative writing, and editing, as well as graduate-level courses in publishing. Her research, which explores the intersection between inclusive writing practices, ethical design, and social inequities, has appeared in Technical Communication Quarterly and The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning.
An educator with more than a decade of experience, she has taught numerous undergraduate courses in composition, technical writing, creative writing, and editing, as well as graduate-level courses in publishing. Her research, which explores the intersection between inclusive writing practices, ethical design, and social inequities, has appeared in Technical Communication Quarterly and The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in English: Creative Writing
Fiction
Western Michigan University, 2026
Master's Degree
MA in Technical Communication
Texas State University, 2016
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English- Creative Writing
University of Houston, 2012
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Balzhiser, D. A., Pimentel, C. N., & Scott, A. E. (2019). “Matters of Form: Questions of Race, Identity, Design, and the U.S. Census Bureau.” Technical Communication Quarterly, 28(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2018.1539192
- Scott, A. E. (2026). “Drag as Storytelling: A Conversation with Hieu Minh Nguyen.” The Rumpus. United States. Retrieved from https://therumpus.net/2026/09/10/drag-as-storytelling-a-conversation-with-hieu-minh-nguyen/
- Scott, A. E. (n.d.). “Return to Forever.” In Welcome to the Zoo! Anthology. Cleveland, OH, United States: Belt Publishing.
- Scott, A. E. (2024). “Songs of Reclamation: A Conversation with Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe.” The Rumpus. Retrieved from https://therumpus.net/2024/07/29/sasha-taqws%C9%99blu-lapointe/
- Scott, A. E. (2024). “Core Memories.” Hayden’s Ferry Review. Tempe, Arizona, United States: Arizona State University. Retrieved from https://haydensferryreview.com/blog/core-memories-amanda-e-scott
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry, New Letters. August 4, 2026
- Award / Honor Recipient: Gwen Frostic Creative Writing Award in Fiction, Western Michigan University. April 1, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Antonia H. Rostami Scholarship for English, Western Michigan University. March 15, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Gwen Frostic Creative Writing Award in Poetry, Western Michigan University. March 1, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Nontenure Line Faculty Workload Release Program, Nontenure Line Faculty Committee, Texas State University. January 2022 - May 2022

Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
Sundress Publications
- Co-Chair
Communications and Publicity Committee
- Co-Chair
Newsletter/WordPress Communications and Publicity Subcommittee
- Member
Lecturer Annual Review Committee
- Chair
Alumni Outreach Communications and Publicity Taskforce Committee
- Other
Technical Communication
