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Imani Michelle Scott

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University, 2004
  • M.A., speech communication, Montclair State University, 1993
  • B.A., communication arts, Florida Atlantic University, 1982

Credentials

  • Professor of liberal arts, 2004–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Assistant professor, 1995–2004, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta
  • Adjunct professor 1994–2004, Georgia Perimeter College, Decatur, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Fulbright Scholar and Research Chair in Mental Health and Societal Wellbeing, Fulbright Canada, 2022
  • Beacon Of Hope Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Connection Committee, Lambda Epsilon Omega, 2009
  • Student Ambassador's Choice Award, SCAD, 2009
  • Presidential Fellowship, SCAD, 2009
  • Featured in "Woman on the Move," Florida Star, 2005
  • Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004
  • Faculty Fellows grant to implement service learning project, The Corporation for National and Community Service, 2004
  • Research fellow, consortium on negotiation and conflict resolution, Georgia State University, 2003
  • Special Recognition Award for contributions to service learning, Clark Atlanta University School of Education, 2002

Organizations

  • Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated
  • Institutional Effectiveness Council
  • SCAD Faculty Leadership Committee
  • College Council: Survey Research
  • College Assessment of Academic Proficiency Review Council
  • Relationship Building Associates
  • Advisory Board for the Truth Telling Project
  • Association for Conflict Resolution
  • The American Association for Blacks in Higher Education
  • The National Action Network
  • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  • The American Association for University Professors

Publications and presentations

  • In 2014, editor and co-author of the book: Crimes against Humanity in the Land of the Free: Can a Truth and Reconciliation Process Heal Racial Conflict in America?
  • "I'm LeBron Baby: Perceptions, Positions and Projections of the Presidential Election of Barack Obama on African American Male Identity," Mellen Publishing, 2011
  • "Shadows of the Soul: Exploring the Transitory Nature of the Human Spirit in Response to the Violence and Trauma Associated with Terrorist Phenomena," dissertation, ProQuest Publishers, 2008
  • Exploring the intra-group conflict constructs and behaviors of African American public school children in an inner-city Conflict Resolution Education (CRE) program. Conflict Resolution Quarterly (CRQ) - special issue on conflict resolution education, 2003
  • Looking Through a Glass Darkly: Applying the Lens of Social Cubism to the Police Minority Group Conflict in America, Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2003
  • The Phenomenon of Road Rage: Complexities, Discrepancies and Opportunities for CR Analysis. Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2000
  • A Perennial Mourning: Identity Conflict and the Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma within the African American Community, Journal of Mind and Human Interaction, Vol. 1, 2000
  • The Internship Coursepack: A Guide to Making Your Internship a Success, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1998