Zachary A. Scott

Political Communication Scholar

Curriculum Vitae

Below is an abridged version of my CV. You can download the full document here.

Academic Appointments

Post-Doctoral Fellow in the College of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island (2022-present)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University (2021-2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College (2020-2021)

Education

Ph.D. in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park (2020)
M.A. in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park (2015)
B.A. in Journalism and Political Science, Temple University (2013) 
Graduated Magna Cum Laude; with Departmental Honors in Political Science

Publications

“Inviting the Populists to the Party: Populist Appeals in Presidential Primaries.” 2023. Political Research Quarterly.
“Replicating the Discovery-Scrutiny-Decline Model of Quantity of Media Coverage in Presidential Primaries.” 2023. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 33(3): 354-364.
“Tell Us How You Feel: Emotional Appeals for Votes in Presidential Primaries.” 2022. American Politics Research. (With Jared A. McDonald).
“Strong Men, Compassionate Women? How Gender Shapes Emotional Political Rhetoric.” 2022. In The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, 8th Ed. (With Jared A. McDonald).
“Courting Coverage: Rhetorical Newsworthiness Cues and Candidate-Media Agenda Convergence in Presidential Primaries.” 2021. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
“Lost in the Crowd: The Effect of Volatile Fields on Presidential Primaries.” 2021. American Politics Research, 49(2): 221-32.

“Read the Room: The Effect of Campaign Event Format on the Use of Emotional Language.” 2021. In The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, 7th Ed.

“Using Self-Prophecy to Combat Vote Overreporting on Public Opinion Surveys.” 2017. Electoral Studies, 50(1): 137-41. (With Jared A. McDonald and Michael J. Hanmer).

Works in Progress

“The Rise of the ‘Democrat Party’: Republican Elites, Partisan Slurs, and Linguistic Polarization.” (With David Karol). [Under Review]
“Mood Swings: Electoral Format and Candidate Emotional Responsiveness.” (With Jared A. McDonald). [Under Review]
"Globaloney: The Origins of the ‘Globalist’ Insult in Political Discourse.” (With Andrew Lugg). [Under Review]
”The Effect of Aggregate vs. Personal Cost Presentations on Voter Support for Bond Referenda.” (With Corey Lang and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz). [Under Review]
“We Love Him, We Love Him Not: Republican Reflections on the Trump Presidency on Twitter.” [Working Paper]
”Status Quo Bias in Policy Preference: Implications for Policy Diffusion.” (With Corey Lang and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz). [Working Paper]
”Status Quo Bias in Policy Preferene: Implications for Land Policy Framing.” (With Corey Lang and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz). [Working Paper]

Teaching Experience

As Lead Instructor
Courses: Political Communication, Mass Media, and Technology (Winter 2019), Democracy, Politics, and the Media (Fall 2020), Introduction to American Politics (Spring 2021), The 2020 Presidential Campaign Dissected (Spring 2021), Political Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories (Fall 2021), Politics and the Mass Media (Fall 2021), The American Presidency (Fall 2021), American Government and Politics (Spring 2022), Parties, Voters, and Elections (Spring 2022)