Biography
Scott is a native Mainer (five generations!) raised in Kingfield/New Portland area and graduating from Carrabec High School. Scott studied secondary education, concentrating in mathematics and computer science, at the University of Maine, Farmington. Continuing on in pure mathematics he received an M.A. from Binghamton University in 1997. Scott then served as a secondary and middle school teacher at Massabesic and Messalonskee high schools here in Maine. Though enjoying teaching, Scott was not ready to stop learning so he returned to school, earning a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Montana in 2008. Before joining the faculty at Husson University in 2013, Scott taught at Colby College.
From a young age, Scott has enjoyed sharing ideas with people and has worked extensively throughout his education and career in tutoring programs including tutoring in college, coaching high school math teams, working with Upward Bound summer programs, and supervising a “Calculus After Hours” program. He also continues to do research in Banach Algebras.