His research focuses on determining environmental drivers of aquatic and terrestrial insect communities across unique habitats of the southern United States, from headwater stream networks of the Appalachian and Ozark Mountains to the sandhills of western Texas. A major focus of research includes determining habitat associations and threats to endemic species of concern from these systems. Scott is directing current graduate and undergraduate students on multiple projects addressing pollinator communities across urban, agricultural and rangeland systems on the Southern High Plains.