People Biography

Dr. Bryant Scott is an assistant professor of practice in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, specializing in postcolonial and world literature, transnational and diasporic studies, film studies and visual culture, literary and critical theory, and first-year writing and pedagogy. Before joining HBKU, he served as an instructional assistant professor at Texas A&M University in Qatar. He has previously taught at the University of Miami and several other universities in the US and around the world. He has also worked as a travel writer in China, and his travel writing has been published in many newspapers, magazines, and online publications.

His research focuses on literature and film of and about the global south, human rights literature, and humanitarianism, with particular attention to how war, violence, and dehumanization are represented in textual and visual forms. His work considers the intersections of narrative and ethics, exploring how literary and cinematic cultural texts represent and respond to political violence, migration, war, and the legacies of colonialism. Focusing on narrative and visual aesthetics, his work considers the ethics of representation and how literature and film negotiate and challenge dominant narratives.