 in political sociology at the University of Detroit and received her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa in 1988.After receiving her doctoral degree she became Distinguished American Studies Scholar in Residence at Pennsylvania State University in Harrisburg (1989), visiting professor at Nanjing University in China (1994), and Fulbright visiting professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia (2001–2002).Scott's interests include black women in America, multiculturalism, and unlearning racism.