Degrees Held
- PhD, (2012) Whiteness and the Narration of Self: An Exploration of Whiteness in Post-Apartheid Literary Narratives by South African Journalists, University of the Western Cape
- MA Cum Laude: English Studies, (2006) ‘How do I understand myself in this text-tortured land?’ Identity, Belonging and Textuality in Antjie Krog’s A Change of Tongue, Down to My Last Skin and Body Bereft, University of KwaZulu Natal.
- BA (Hons) Cum Laude: English Studies, (2004) University of KwaZulu Natal.
- BA Summa Cum Laude: English and Psychology, (2003) University of Natal.
Research Interests
- South African literary journalism
- Creative non-fiction writing
- Documentary film and decolonial trauma studies
- Representations of crisis in postcolonial literary and media texts
- Representations of whiteness in literary and media texts.
Teaching Interests
- Writing and the Media: News Story Writing, Essay Writing, Narrative, Style & Register, Formal and Critical Analysis, Media Ethics
- Media & Cultural Studies in South Africa: Introductory Media Concepts, Development of Photography, Representation and Culture, Communication Theory.
- Literary Journalism: The New Journalism, 1950’s Drum Magazine, South African Literary Journalism
- Film: Documentary Film, Cellphilms, Development of Film, Introduction to Language of Film
Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Conferences
Seminar Presentations
Books
- Scott, C. (2018) At the fault line: Writing white in South African literary journalism. UKZN Press: Pietermaritzburg
Journal Articles
- Scott, C. (2019) Writing white at the fault line: Some reflections on South African literary journalism. Current Writing. 31(1). p21-30.
- Scott, C. (2019) The truths/fictions/traumas of Marikana: exploring violence and trauma in three films, The Marikana Massacre: Through the Lens (2013), Miners Shot Down (2014), and Night is Coming: A Threnody for the Victims of Marikana (2014). Communcatio. 44 (4). p18-31. DOI: 10.1080/02500167.2018.1551808
- Scott, C. (2018) Voice/Body/Skin: (Dis)locating belonging in Antjie Krog’s Country of My Skull, A Change of Tongue and Begging to be Black. Scrutiny2. 23 (1). p5-21.DOI: 10.1080/18125441.2018.1508246
- Scott, C. (2012) Die Antwoord and a delegitimised South African whiteness: a potential counter-narrative? Critical Arts. 26(5). p745-761.
- Scott, C. (2011) ‘Tales of ordinary murder’: Intersections of ‘whiteness’, violence and belonging in Rian Malan’s My Traitor’s Heart and Kevin Bloom’s Ways of Staying. English Academy Review. 28(2). p40-51.
- Scott, C. (2009) Changing nation/changing self Textuality and transformation in Antjie Krog’s A Change of Tongue. Scrutiny2. 14(2). p40-47.
Conferences
- (2011) Begging to be Black? Challenges to white complicity in a postcolonial world. New Directions in Humanities Conference. Granada, Spain. 8 – 12 June.
- (2011) Contesting genres: Contesting selves – Interrogating South African Journalists’ Creative Non-Fiction. International Association of Literary Journalism Studies Conference. Brussels, Belgium. 12 – 14 May.
- (2010) ‘Tales of ordinary murder’: Intersections of whiteness, violence and belonging in Rian Malan’s My Traitor’s Heart and Kevin Bloom’s Ways of Staying. E’skia Mphahlehle Wits University 2nd Postgraduate Colloquium. Johannesburg, South Africa. 2 – 4 September.
- (2010) Die Antwoord and a delegitimized South African whiteness: A potential counter-narrative? Johannesburg, South Africa. 27 – 29 September.
- (2006) A kaleidoscope of self, belonging and nation: Displacement and Diaspora in Antjie Krog’s A Change of Tongue. Forging the Local and the Global: AUETSA. Stellenbosch, South Africa. 5 -7 July.
Seminar Presentations
- (2010) ‘The young white man had it coming’: Mistrust and miscommunication as tropes of whiteness in Jonny Steinberg’s Midlands. University of the Western Cape Department of English Research Seminar Series. Cape Town, South Africa. 6 October.
- (2009) Why Whiteness Studies? Why here? Why now? University of KwaZulu Natal, English Studies Research Seminar Series. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. 1 October.
- (2006) Re-presenting the self: Writing identity in Antjie Krog’s A Change of Tongue. University of KwaZulu Natal 8th Humanities Postgraduate Conference. 28 October .
Teaching Expertise
Undergraduate Level
Postgraduate Level
Undergraduate Level
- Writing and the Media: News Story Writing, Essay Writing, Narrative, Style & Register, Formal and Critical Analysis, Media Ethics
- Media & Cultural Studies in South Africa: South African Media Map, Institutions, Ownership and Control, Media Production and Audience Research, Introductory Media Concepts, Development of Photography, Semiotics, Representation and Culture, Mass Communication Theory, Ideology and Media Imperialism.
- Corporate Communication: Communicating with Key Stakeholders, Social Change Campaigns, Strategic Communication, Health Communication, Political Communication and Project Management. Defining Public Relations, Public Relation Programme Planning, the Scope and Ethics of Public Relations, Writing a Press Release and Multiculturalism.
- Literary Journalism: The New Journalism, 1950’s Drum Magazine, South African Literary Journalism, Documentary Film.
Postgraduate Level
- Corporate Communication: Strategic Corporate Communication and Campaign Proposal development, Corporate Social Responsibility and Development Communication.
Student Supervision
Honours
Masters
PhD
Honours
- Joedine McKay (2024): What are students experiences of online academic registration as reflected in their Facebook posts on the University of KwaZulu-Natal Facebook page?
- Nobuhle Gama (2023): An analysis of the representation of the five female characters in the documentary film The Last Shelter
- Kitana Reddy (2021): A textual visual analysis of the portrayal of poachers in the documentary films Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War (2018) and Sides of a Horn (2018).
- Lindokuhle Ngema (2019): An exploratory analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions and awareness of the corporate brand and identity of UKZN
- Divanya Chetty (2019): An exploratory analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions and awareness of the corporate brand and identity of UKZN
- Nontokozo Mduli (2019): An exploratory analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions and awareness of the corporate brand and identity of UKZN
- Xolelwa Madlala (2019): An exploratory analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions and awareness of the corporate brand and identity of UKZN
- Nomzamo Madide (2018): An exploratory case study of Pietermaritzburg lecturers’ awareness with of the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal’s Language Policy.
- Siphokazi Shazi (2018): Corporate Communication: How is the value of Diversity communicated through UKZNs Facebook page?
- Xolile Sibiya (2018): An exploratory case study of UKZN Pietermaritzburg’s corporate communication on how women are represented in the UKZNDABA- Graduation special.
- Nothando Sibiya (2016): An investigation into the marketing strategies of three KwaZulu-Natal community radio stations.
- Nonhlanhla Manana (2016): How does UKZN use graduation stories in relation to corporate image and identity?
- Melusi Mtungwa (2016): The use of Social Media in alumni engagement at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal.
Masters
- Z Ndlovu (current): Title to be confirmed
- Mbuso Nkosi (current): Black Photos Matter: A content analysis of the representation of black models in stock photographic libraries.
- Connie Zumu (current): Understanding the use of social media as an official communication platform by start-up businesses in Pietermaritzburg.
- Allan Chihaka (current): A framing analysis of the Zimbabwean inflation and monetary policies in the New Dispensation by The Herald and Newsday
- Siphumelele Nkosi (current): Communicating Corporate Identity: An exploratory study of the role that internal communication plays in transferring the corporate identity to employees at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education.
- Munyaradzi Mangoro (2023): An exploration of how word choice contributes to framing and agenda-setting in the reporting of gender-based violence in KwaZulu-Natal community newspapers before and after the September 2019 “Am I Next?” protests.
- Liezel Fourie (2022): Panic! Looting! The prevalence of disaster mythology on Fox News online and CNN online when reporting on Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma.
- Travis McCabe (2020): Race Trouble: An alternative exploration of race relations in Zebra Crossing, Coconut and The Book of Memory by Meg Vandermerwe, Kopano Matlwa and Petina Gappah
- Sarah Groves (2020): Telling tales: Life writing from the inner-city and a critical reflection on the ethics of non-fiction storytelling.
PhD
- Penelope Youngelson (current): The Violent Begetting of Forgetting: practice-based memory palimpsests of the performativity of white womanhood in post-1994 KwaZulu-Natal through live performance and scripted works.
- Ursula Vooght (2022): Reclaiming ‘truth’: Exploring adaptations of selected literary works by F Scott Fitzgerald in different media