Christopher Schott, PhD

Education

PhD, Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
MA, English, University of Missouri-St. Louis
BA, English, Fontbonne University

About

Dr. Schott teaches a variety of composition and rhetoric courses at UMSL, including Writing in the Sciences (English 3160), Technical Communication (3130), Literate Lives (English 2410), Horror and Rhetoric (English XXXX), and more. At the core of Dr. Schott's teaching is looking at meaning-making through real-world application, ideally in ways that are fun, engaging, and rewarding to explore. 

Dr. Schott is also the Coordinator for UMSL’s Writing Center, a powerful university resource that works closely works with UMSL students, faculty, staff, and alumni at developing and fostering a well-connected and support community and culture of writing on campus. 

Outside of teaching, Dr. Schott serves the English Department as a student advisor, helps to facilitate Advanced Credit Placement (ACP) courses for St. Louis area high schools, and is a faculty member of the College of Business's Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program, where he helps graduate students prepare for their dissertation research and writing. 

With his own research, Dr. Schott studies digital communication and rhetoric, discourse analysis, writing center studies, as well as scholarship in horror.

Outside of UMSL, Dr. Schott spends his time writing, playing, and publishing music, making art, and watching every horror film he comes across.

Frequently taught Courses

ENGL 2410 - Literate Lives
ENGL 3130 - Technical Communication
ENGL 3160 - Writing in the Sciences
ENGL XXXX - Horror and Rhetoric 
BUSAD 7109 - Doctoral Foundations

Research Interests

Digital rhetoric and communication
Discourse analysis 
Writing center studies
Horror studies

Selected publications, talks, and other works

Rogers, R., Schaenen, I., Schott, C., O’Brien, K., Trigos-Carrillo, L., Starkey, K., Chasteen, C. (2016). Critical discourse analysis in educational research: A review of the literature, 2004-2012. Review of Educational Research, 86(4), 1192-1226.

Hoagland, C., Klein, W., Hagy, C., Barns, R., Appleton, B., Schott, C., Irby, D. & Stuhlsatz, K. (2011). A university’s Second Life Island: Learning to Write, Experiencing the Sensation of Physical Activity. In S. Barton et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011, 1576-1580.

“Balancing Voices: The difficult work of entering and thriving in new, sometimes unfamiliar academic conversations and spaces.” Presented to the College of Nursing Professional Develop Series at UMSL. St. Louis, MO, February 2022

“Addressing the Elephant and/or Donkey in the Room: Political Discourse in the Classroom.” Presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI. March, 2020. [canceled due to COVID-19]

“Exploring Writing Practices.” Presented to the College of Nursing Professional Development Series at UMSL. St. Louis, MO, December, 2019

“New Major, New You! The Development of Literate Lives.” Presented at ACP Professional Development at UMSL. St. Louis, MO, March, 2019.

“Creating a Culture of Writing: The Evolution of a Relationship between FYC and the Writing Center.” Presented at Facing the Future: Roles for Writing Centers on 21st Century Campuses. A Writing Center Conference, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. April, 2015.