Khirsten Scott

Dr. Khirsten L. Scott is a community-driven educator who centers and embodies liberatory Black feminist and womanist practice. She is an HBCU advocate and champion for Black girls in formal and informal learning settings. Dr. Scott’s training, research, and community commitments span rhetorical theory and writing studies, digital and Black studies, as well as critical pedagogy and out-of-school learning. Within the city of Pittsburgh, she is lead organizer and facilitator of HYPE Media (Homewood Youth-Powered and Engaged Media), a critical literacies program focused on youth-led story-making possibilities that respond to stigmatized narratives of Black girls, Black women, and Black communities. Khirsten is cofounder and director of DBLAC, Digital Black Lit (-eracies and -eratures) and Composition, a virtual and in-person community offering writing support for Black scholars. She is also director of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project (WPWP). The WPWP site is one of 175 sites nationally, focusing on multimodal literacies across disciplines and levels; the main premise is “teachers teaching teachers,” which means that the WPWP fosters teacher leadership and aims to diminish hierarchies. Dr. Scott is an Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture in the School of Education’s department of Teaching, Leading, and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh.