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Alina Scott is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Historical Studies and a Lecturer in History in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a Ph.D. candidate in History (expected 2025) working with Dr. Erika Bsumek.
Her educational background includes:
- B.A. in History and English from Southern Nazarene University (2017)
- M.A. in History with a graduate portfolio in Native American and Indigenous Studies from the University of Texas at Austin (2019)
Dr. Scott's research centers on 18th and 19th-century Native American intellectual history and literature, with a focus on petitioning campaigns and protests as forms of Indigenous political resistance. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates gender and sexuality studies, digital humanities, critical race theory, archival studies, and environmental history. She investigates how Native communities, particularly the Wampanoag, utilized petitions to assert sovereignty and address issues of land, governance, and cultural survival.
Her scholarly work includes publications such as Cynthia Attaquin and a Wampanoag Network of Petitioners and Missing Signatures: The Archives at First Glance, which explore the complexities of Indigenous archival presence and the methodologies for recovering marginalized voices. She is also the host of the History Department's 15 Minute History Podcast, contributing to public history engagement.
Professional service includes serving as assistant editor of Not Even Past (2019-20) and managing editor at the Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal (2019-20). Regarding advising and grants, no specific information is available in the provided text. Similarly, no labs or research teams are mentioned.
