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Dr. Amanda Elizabeth Scott

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction - English
Portrait of Dr. Amanda Elizabeth Scott

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

Research Interests

  • 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. (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
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  • 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
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  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Sundress Publications

  2. Co-Chair

    Communications and Publicity Committee

  3. Co-Chair

    Newsletter/WordPress Communications and Publicity Subcommittee

  4. Chair

    Alumni Outreach Communications and Publicity Taskforce Committee

  5. Member

    Lecturer Annual Review Committee

  6. Other

    Technical Communication

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