Publications
Ford, J. L., Rice, R., Bisel, R., Fox, S., Howard, T., Howe, W., McAllum, K., Roeder, A. C., Scott, A. L., &
Williams, E. (under review). Navigating Complexity: A Forum on Communication Research in High
Reliability Organizations. Management Communication Quarterly.
Scott, A.L. (2023). The politics of social media: Utilizing political candidates'
Instagram posts to teach political argumentation and visual argument analysis.
Communication Teacher, 37(4), 302-312.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17404622.2023.2248290
Scott, A.L. (2023). Forests, fires, and flights: Examining safety and communication practices
within aerial firefighting teams (Publication No. UC113263934). [Doctoral dissertation, University of
Southern California]. USC Digital Library.
Scott, A. L., Howe, W. & Bisel, R. (2022). Reviewing high reliability team (HRT)
scholarship: A 21st century approach to safety. Small Group Research, 54(1), 3-40.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221116349
Scott, A. L. (2021). Juxta-(re)position: Challenging U.S. military and women subject
positions through Instagram posts. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication,
23(1), 67-79.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2021.1944900
Scott, A. L. (2021). I lost all feeling (but got it back): An essay account of “publish or perish”
during COVID-19. Communication, Culture and Critique, 14(2), 361-364.
https://doi-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/10.1093/ccc/tcab017
University of Southern California. (2021). Designing data platforms for action & influence:
Lessons learned from a case study of five data platforms.
https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/RWJF-Report_FINAL_External.pdf
Scott, A. L. (2020). Book review: Organizational moral learning: A communication approach.
Management Communication Quarterly, 34(4), 585-589.
https://doi-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/10.1177/0893318920950838
Grant #77583. Data for influence and action: Examination of health data platforms. (PI: Sheila
Murphy, Ph.D.) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $401,789. Funded May 31, 2020 - May 15, 2021. Content Analysis Project #1 Lead.
https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/RWJF-Report_FINAL_External.pdf
Conference Acceptance and Presentations
Scott, A.L. (2024). Teamwork and Trust in Aerial Firefighting. 2024 California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection Annual Aviation Safety Conference, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Scarduzio, J. A., Huddleston, L., Jackson, Y. L., Santiago, J., Scott, A. L., & Boyke-Johnson, C.
Burning brightly or burning out: How intensive care unit (ICU) health care workers
communicatively construct resilience [Paper presentation]. Kentucky Conference on
Health Communication Biannual Meeting, Lexington, KY, United States.
Scott, A.L. (2023). Navigating the challenges of organizational research site access. [Panel
presentation]. With Drs. Joann Keyton, Mark Ward Sr., Sydney O'Shay, Angela Gist-
Mackey, Courtney N. Hook, and William R. Smith. Chaired by Veronica Radeva
Dawson.
Scott, A.L. (2023). Hollywood's "rusty" reliability: Utilizing high reliability team
principles to prevent Hollywood movie set accidents. National Communication
Association Annual Conference, National Harbor, MD, United States.
Scott, A.L. (2023). The politics of social media: Utilizing political candidates' Instagram posts
to teach political argumentation and visual argument analysis. National Communication
Association Annual Conference, National Harbor, MD, United States.
*Scott, A. L., Howe, W. & Bisel, R. (2022). Communicating safety is no accident: Reviewing
High Reliability Team (HRT) scholarship in the 21st century. National Communication
Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.
*Top Paper, Group Communication Division
Scott, A.L. (2022). A culture of credibility: Gaining “street credit” in firefighting
tactical air operations teams to ensure safety. Florida Communication Association 92nd
Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, United States.
Scott, A.L. (2022). In search of the “weak link”: How aerial wildland firefighters face off and
fight for reliability. Organizational Communication Mini Conference 2022, Austin, TX,
United States.
https://commstudies.utexas.edu/graduate/ocmc-2022
Scott, A. L. & Phelps, A. (2022). Understanding COVID-19 hesitancy in U.S. military families.
Annenberg Research Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Scott, A. L. (2021). Investigating high reliability team (HRT) communication practices: CAL FIRE Tactical Air
Operations. Organizational Communication Mini Conference 2021, Lawrence, KS, United States.
Scott, A. L. & Phelps, A. (2021). Understanding COVID-19 hesitancy in U.S. military families.
National Communication Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca2101/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=15707
Scott, A. L. (2021). Juxta-(re)position: Challenging U.S. military and women subject
positions through Instagram posts. National Communication Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca2101/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=16818
Scott, A. L., Chang, H., Phelps, A., Murphy, M. & Cheng, E. (2021). When politics and a
pandemic collide: Comparing the use and abuse of the most popular government and academic COVID-19 data platforms on Twitter. National Communication Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca2101/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=14728
Scott, A. L. (2021). Fun, fit and female: An exploration of modern military identity on Instagram
through netnography. Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (ICCAE) Annual Colloquium, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
https://sites.usc.edu/iccae/annual-colloquium/
Spangher, A., Scott, A. L., & Huang, K. (2020). What’s the Diff? Examining news article
Updates and the changing narratives during the USS Theodore Roosevelt coronavirus crisis. SCymposium, Los Angeles, United States.
Scott, A. L. (2020). Carrier(ed) away, but who is to blame? Examining the U.S. Navy’s aircraft
carrier COVID-19 crisis through Twitter. Annenberg Research Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Scott, A. L. (2020, November 19-22). Framing female firsts: Content analysis of conservative
and liberal news media. National Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Scott, A. L. & Jeong, D.C. (2020, November 19-22). Arrested development: Analyzing emergent
group aggression in body-cam data of violent police-civilian encounters. National Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Scott, A. L. (2020, September 25-27). Old navy, new pandemic: Examining the U.S. Navy’s
aircraft carrier COVID-19 crisis. Organizational Communication Mini Conference 2020, Tampa, FL, United States.
Howe, W., Scott, A. L. & Shpeer, M. (2020, November 19-22). Expanding the Phasic Model of organizational
socialization: A case study of United States military veterans. National Communication Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Jeong, D.C., Zhang, S., Feng, D., Pham, B., & Scott, A.L. (2020, May 20-26). A computational
social science analysis of online comments reacting to YouTube influencers’ “Coming Out” videos. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.
Hatrick, J., Bray, S. & Scott, A. L. (2020, May 20-26). Does “Ms. Monopoly” miss the mark? A
cultural, textual, and media analysis of the game that “celebrates” women. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.
Scott, A. L. (2019, October 4). Man overboard? A study of gendered nationhood and the U.S.
Navy. Critical Mediations Annual Conference 2019, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Scott, A. L. (2019, November 14-17). Skirting the issue of hidden figures: Discourse analysis of U.S. Navy female
uniform policy. National Communication Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Scott, A. L. (2019, May 24-28). Flying off the handle: Difficult conversations between U.S. Navy
Flight Surgeons and U.S. Navy pilots. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., United States.
Selected Work
