Scott is a Professor of
and
at UC San Diego, where he is a co-founder and Associate Director of the Design Lab. Before joining UCSD, he was an Associate Professor of
at Stanford University, where he co-directed the
and held the Bredt Faculty Scholar development chair. Organizations around the world use his lab's open-source design tools and curricula; several
and popular press articles have covered his research and teaching. He helped introduce
to open online education, and taught the first
. He has been awarded the
,
,
, and
. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed articles; eight were awarded best paper or honorable mention at the premier HCI conferences (
/
/
). His former graduate students are leading
,
,
,
, and
. He has a dual BA in
and
,
, and an MS and PhD in
. He serves on the editorial board of
and
, co-chaired the
program, co-chaired the
systems area, and has served on advisory boards for
,
, and
tups passionate about interaction design.