Biography

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in German Literature_ Princeton University, 1979
M.A. in German Literature, Philosophy minor_ Brigham Young University, 1976
B.A. in German Literature, with Honors_ Brigham Young University, 1973

EMPLOYMENT

1979-1981 Princeton University, Full-Time Lecturer
1981-1988 Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor
Tenure granted and promoted to Associate Professor, March, 1988
1988-1999 Brigham Young University, Associate Professor
1999-2000 Utah Valley State College, Associate Professor
2000-present UVSC/Utah Valley University, Professor

Scott Abbott’s books include a study of Freemasonry and the German novel; a series of what he calls “fraternal meditations” written after his brother’s death of AIDS; conversations spanning a decade while riding mountain bikes with botanist Sam Rushforth; three works with Serbian novelist Žarko Radaković about travel in the former Yugoslavia and then in war-torn Serbia and Bosnia; an exploration of the meanings of barbed wire with historian Lyn Bennett; and a collection of essays on academic freedom and the idea of a university. He has translated works by Nobel Prize Awardee Peter Handke and botanist Gregor Mendel and is currently Professor of Integrated Studies, Humanities, and Philosophy at Utah Valley University.

CV:

https://works.bepress.com/scott_abbott/cv/download/

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