Faculty Profile for Amanda Elizabeth Scott

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Amanda Elizabeth Scott
Assoc Professor of Instruction — English
LAMP 309 H
phone: (512) 245-6220
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Amanda Scott earned her MA in Technical Communication from Texas State University, where she teaches writing and editing. She also serves as Assistant Executive Editor of Porter House Review and manages the Lindsey Literary Series digital archive. Her prose has appeared in The Common, Crab Orchard Review, Entropy, Gulf Coast, Hobart, Phoebe Journal, and Word Riot, among others. Her research has appeared in Technical Communication Quarterly and Cuentos & Testimonies: Diversity and Inclusion at Texas State.

Teaching Interests

 Technical & Professional Writing; Creative Writing; Rhetoric & Composition

Research Interests

 Technical Communication; Critical Race Studies; New Media Studies

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • 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/https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2018.1539192
  • 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
  • Scott, A. E. (2024, February). Agora. The Pinch. Memphis, Tennessee, United States: University of Memphis.
  • Scott, A. E. (2024, February). The Eye. The Pinch. Memphis, Tennessee, United States: University of Memphis.

Selected Awards

  • 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. October 2020 - November 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Debut Magazine—Porter House Review, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP). December 2019 - June 2020
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. November 18, 2019

Selected Service Activities

Co-Chair
Communications and Publicity Committee
August 2024-Present
Co-Chair
Newsletter/WordPress Communications and Publicity Subcommittee
August 2024-Present
Chair
Alumni Outreach Communications and Publicity Taskforce Committee
August 2024-Present
Editorial Assistant
Technical Communication
February 2024-Present
Editor
Third Coast Magazine
September 2021-Present