Amanda Scott

Amanda Scott is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department at Utah Tech University, where she has taught writing, literature, and humanities courses since 2008. Her academic work spans gender studies, British literature, art history/visual culture, and digital humanities.

• Education: Ph.D. in English Literature (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), M.A. in English (Northern Arizona University), B.A. in English (Dixie State University)

Her recent publication, "Frankenstein, Scientism, and the Cultural Reception of Discovery" (2019), explores intersections of science and cultural narratives in literature. In parallel, she is researching Utah women in leadership roles and their historical influence, while working on a poetry collection addressing modern-day hauntings of Mormon polygamy.