Jason.Davids.Scott@asu.edu
School of Theatre and Film Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Dixie Gammage Hall
School Film, Dance & Theatre
Asst Director & Asst Professor
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 2002
Jason Davids Scott earned a doctorate in theatre in 2009 at the University of California Santa Barbara, and also earned a master's with honors from UCSB in 2004. Prior to graduate school, Scott graduated with a BFA in cinema studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and established a career a film publicist and development executive in both Los Angeles and New York, working for Castle Rock Entertainment and later actress/producer Helen Hunt.
Scott's past publications include articles and reviews in the Mid-Atlantic Almanck; the online journals Response and Otherness: Essays and Studies; the Journal of Popular Culture. Scott wrote the artist profiles for "Monologues for Latino/a Actors," edited by ASU professor Micha Espinosa and published by Smith and Kraus. Other publications include chapters or contributions to "Robert Downey Jr. From Brat to Icon" (MacFarland); the "Cambridge World Encyclopedia of Actors and Acting"; "The Films of Wes Anderson" (Palgrave-Macmillan); and "The Cinema of Hal Hartley" (Wallflower/Columbia University Press).
Scott's first solo effort is "Everything but the Script: Professional Writing in the Entertainment Industry," published by Cognella in 2019. Scott continues to serve as a freelance publicity and marketing consultant for entertainment firms in both Los Angeles and New York, and has created marketing materials for more than 200 film projects and individual clients.
Professor Scott was a lecturer at Arizona State University (2009-2011), and also served as the coordinator for curricular revision for the School of Theatre and Film. From 2011-13, Scott was an assistant professor at the School of Theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. A longtime member an former board member of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA), Scott has also presented at conferences hosted by the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), and the American Society for Theatrical Research (ASTR).
At Arizona State University, Scott currently teaches required undergraduate courses in Sex and Violence in Cinema, Entertainment Industry History, and Independent Film. Scott is a faculty affiliate of the Center for Film, Media, and Popular Culture, and serves the extended Arizona community as an adjudicator and respondent for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
As interim director of the film program, Professor Scott has helped develop new curricular models to facilitate better retention and students success, helping to expand the production programs offerings and fulfill ASU's missions of inclusion, diversity, and equity. Among current projects is spearheading the development of the Standard Acknowledgment of Filmmaking Ethics (SAFE) set protocol to train filmmakers to better understand and deal with issues related to abuse of power, harrassment, and discrimination in industry workplaces.
To relax, Dr. Scott umpires Little League Baseball for Arizona Little League District 13, plays guitar, or annoys his cats. Dr. Scott identifies as non-binary and prefers the use of gender neutral pronouns in formal discourse.
Ph.D. Theatre Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
M.A. Dramatic Art, University of California-Santa Barbara
B.F.A. Cinema Studies, New York University / Tisch School of the Arts
Film/TV: Independent Film; Entertainment Industry Marketing and Public Relations; Writing for the Film Industry; American Film History; Television History; Sexuality and Violence in Cinema; Film Genres; Stardom/Celebrity Studies
Theatre: History of Acting; History of Media and Performance; History of Comedic Acting Styles and Improvisation; Theatre History
Theory: Feminist/Queer Theory; Popular Culture; Gender/Sexuality Studies
Creative: Improvisational Performance; Variety/Musical Performance; Michael Chekhov Technique
FMP 403 Independent Film
FMP 484 Internship
FMP 592 Research
FMP 250 Ethics Survey Film & TV
FMP 294 Special Topics
FMP 330 Pro & Tech Writing for Film/TV
FMP 398 Capstone Development
THF 497 Senior Project
THP 499 Individualized Instruction
FMP 499 Individualized Instruction
THP 590 Reading and Conference
THF 125 Orientation Film/Dance/Theatre
THE 594 Conference and Workshop
THE 403 Independent Film
THP 301 Theatre Production
THE 405 Film: Great Perfrmrs/Directors
ASU 240-HDA ProMod
THE 321 History of the Theatre II
Feminist and Queer Theory
Popular Culture Studies
Media and Performance