Cord A. Scott
| Cord Scott | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
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Comic books American cultural history |
Cord A. Scott is an American academic who studies “war themed comics from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom”.[1] Scott has published one book and a number of articles in academic journals that more closely examine the role of comic books in social history.
Academic life
Cord Scott earned a BA degree in History from Minot State University in 1991 and an MA in International Relations from Baylor University in 1992.[2] In 2011, Cord Scott received his PhD in American History from Loyola University Chicago.
The topic of his dissertation was Comics and Conflict: War and Patriotically Themed Comics in American Cultural History From World War II Through the Iraq War and it looked closely at how "war- and patriotically-themed comics evolved" and served as "a mirror of American society" during times of conflict.[3]
He currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor at a number of Chicago area schools [4] including Harold Washington College and Triton College. He also spent a year teaching at the University of Maryland University College in Okinawa, Japan as a Professor of Liberal Arts.
Career
Partly due to his experiences as an educator, Scott served as a consultant on the 2012 documentary-based TV show Inside World War II.[5] He also consulted for the Pritzker Military Museum and Library's exhibition “Don’t Be a Dope: Training Comics in World War II and the Korean War" that opened in 2012.[6][7]
Publications
- Written in Red, White, and Blue:A Comparison of Comic Book Propaganda from World War II and September 11. Published in 2007 in the Journal of Popular Culture[8]
- The Alpha and the Omega Captain America and the Punisher, a chapter in book "Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero: Critical Essays" published in March 2009.[6]
- From HYDRA to Al-Qaeda: Depictions of Terrorism in Comic Books. Presented at Purdue University in 2011.[9]
Cord Scott expanded his PhD dissertation into a book that was published in September 2014 by the Naval Institute Press. It draws on many of his previous publications.
Personal life
Scott is a native of Oak Park, just outside Chicago.[10]
References
- ↑ "Cord Scott". Comics Forum.
- ↑ "Cord Scott". Vitae, the online career hub for higher ed.
- ↑ http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=luc_diss
- ↑ "Cord Scott: Comics and Conflict - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". pritzkermilitary.org.
- ↑ "Dr. Cord Scott". Hollywood.com.
- 1 2 Google Books Online. Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero: Critical Essays (will add link)
- ↑ "Don't be a Dope: Training Comics from World War II and Korea - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". pritzkermilitary.org.
- ↑ Cord Scott. "Written in Red, White, and Blue: A Comparison of Comic Book Propaganda from World War II and September 11". academia.edu.
- ↑ https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=revisioning
- ↑ Chicago Tribune UGC (20 March 2014). "Oak Park history professor uses unlikely reference as teaching materials". chicagotribune.com.