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Edward D. Scott, Jr., PhD, LCSW (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
Houston, TX, United States

Dr. Edward Scott Jr. is an applied developmental scientist and a clinical social worker whose research focuses on adolescent identity, sociopolitical development, and psychosocial wellbeing. Dr. Scott is an interdisciplinary scholar who uses innovative, critical approaches to qualitative inquiry while drawing on scholarship from Civil Rights Studies, Black political thought, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, legal studies, and education research. He currently serves as principal investigator for the Making Justice Project, a research study centering the lives and developmental experiences of Black adolescent social justice activists throughout the United States. The goal of the Making Justice Project is to share the stories of Black youth activists while highlighting strategies for effectively cultivating, supporting, and sustaining their political engagement and mental health. Dr. Scott’s research is informed by a decade of social work practice experience, which focused on serving urban youth in educational and community-based nonprofit settings. He also is a proud alumnus of the Council on Social Work Education’s Minority Fellowship Program and the Southern Regional Education Board’s Doctoral Scholars Program.

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