Vita
Date Description
*1940 Meridian, Mississippi.
1946-58 schooling in Birmingham, Alabama.
1958-62 studied at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL.
1961-62 taught German, General Science, Civics, and Chemistry at Ensley High School, Ensley, AL.
1962 B.A. in German & natural sciences, Birmingham-Southern College,  (AL teaching certificate).
1962-65 taught at Metropolis Community High School, IL. (IL teaching certificate), NDEA Summer German Language Institute, Southern Illinois University; Assistant instructor, Bowling Green State University, OH.; Director, Language Laboratory.
1966 summer language courses: Fortbildungslehrgang für ausländische Deutschlehrer und Germanisten, Universität Hamburg; research scholarship at the Lessingbibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
1967 M.A., Germanic Languages & Literatures, U. of Cincinnati; Director of Language Laboratories.
1970 Ph.D., Germanic Languages & Literatures, U. of Cincinnati.
1965-78

 

  • taught German at Bowling Green State University; Columbia College in Columbia University; Northern Arizona University; Penn State University; University of Arizona.
  • Specialization: German of the Enlightenment; Franz Kafka; Foreign Language Pedagogy; Germanic/Celtic Folklore and Religion; Swedish.
1968-present

 

 

Educational Publications:
  1. Think German-Level I, Visual Education Assn., Springfield, OH. 1968;
  2. The Teaching of German: Problems and Methods, ed. Eberhard Reichmann, Philadelphia 1970, introduction to the chapter on the Language Laboratory, p.307f;
  3. Think German-Level II, Visual Education Assn., Springfield, OH. 1978;
  4. ScottNet's On-Line Talking Pictorial Dictionary: German-English / English-German online , 1989-present;
  5. Deutsche Grammatik, concise online grammar of modern German,1989-present;
  6. Lingua Interaktiva:™ Deutsch-Deutsch, an interactive online multimedia tutorial, 1990-present;
  7. with Brett L. Scott, www.makemesmart.com, universal interactive online tutorial platform, 1992-present;
  8. www.makemesmart.com/getsmart, an interactive online German tutorial for the academic setting, 1992-present;
  9. Deutsche Phonetik, an online talking phonetics table of German pronunciation, 1994-present;
  10. with Branwyn K. Walker, Online Pictorial Parts Catalog at www.ScottSupply.net, 1994-present;
  11. Essays on the Utility of Interactive Media, online 1999. 

1974-present founded and represent automotive and industrial fastener distribution business, Scott Supply Service, Inc., Tucson, AZ., a division of ScottNet®.com
1975-present served on numerous advisory committees of the Tucson Unified School District and City of Tucson: main library, desegregation compliance, improved government, land-use policy, water policy (Chairman '88-93).
1989-2003 teaching beginning and intermediate German (sometimes marketing) at Pima Community College
1995-present Campaign Chairman for Shirley C. Scott (D), Tucson City Council Member-Ward 4.
2003-present teaching German at Vail High School.
1990-present enthusiastic grand-fathering

e-mail: mailto:jlscott@makemesmart.com