Scott Abbott

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About me

Occupation Professor, Writer
Location Woodland Hills, Utah, United States
Introduction Ph.D. in German Literature from Princeton University, 1979. Then I taught at Vanderbilt University, BYU, and Utah Valley State College. At Utah Valley University, I directed the Program in Integrated Studies for its initial 13 years and was also Chair of the Department of Humanities and Philosophy for three years. My publications include a book on Freemasonry and the German Novel, two co-authored books with Zarko Radakovic (published in Serbo-Croatian in Belgrade), and translations of two books by Austrian author Peter Handke and of an exhibition catalogue called "The German Army and Genocide." More famously, my children are in the process of creating good lives for themselves: as a model and store manager, as a teacher of Chinese language, as a watershed scientist and science writer, as a jazz musician, as a corrections officer, as university students, and as parents. I share my life with UVU historian Lyn Bennett. Some publications at http://works.bepress.com/scott_abbott/