New Century College

Suzanne Scott

Suzanne Scott teaches in the NCC Mason Cornerstones, "The Social World," and in a range of interdisciplinary upper-level learning communities. Her interests are in feminist and cultural theory, and she seeks to find connections among art and literature and the social, cultural and political currents of the time. She is a performance, installation, and mixed media artist whose work focuses on representations of the marginalized and disenfranchised people in our culture. She has developed several new NCC learning communities that deal with issues of social justice, race, class, and gender. She holds an M.A. in English literature, with a concentration in feminist literary and cultural theory, and an M.F.A in interdisciplinary art, with a focus on writing and art as cultural critique.

COURSES TAUGHT

DEGREES

MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College
Concentration: Visual Art and Writing as Cultural Critique
MA in English Literature, James Madison University
Concentration: Feminist Literary Theory
BA in English, Eastern Menno

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of University Women
Arlington Arts Center
Arts & Space, (Former President)
College Art Association
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago (Board of Advisors)
Women's Caucus for Art

MOST ACTIVE PROJECTS

Creating mixed media and installation/performance art exhibitions dealing with race, class and gender issues.
Serving on advisory board for Woman Made Gallery in Chicago and writing quarterly column on controversial art topics that affect women.
Working with NCC students and Women's Studies minors to create "Continuing History," a history of the Mason Women's Research and Resource Center.
Presentations at conferences that focus on democratic dialogue, creating multicultural competence, cultural critique, and art as social action.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO GMU

Co-founder and president for 16 years of communications consulting firm serving clients in health care, behavioral sciences, biotechnology, information systems and telecommunications
Co-founder and co-managing editor of Woman's Monthly, a regional publication, from 1990-1995.
Co-author, Migraine: The Complete Guide (Dell 1994)
Book reviewer for Publisher's Weekly and Belles Lettre.
Consultant to American Psychological Association's Presidential Commission on Youth Violence (1992-1994) and their Presidential Task Force on Violence in the Family (1995-1996).