Associate Professor of Communication

801.626.6464
rjscott@weber.edu

EDUCATION

COURSES TAUGHT

Weber State University

• Principles of Public Speaking
• Oral Interpretation of Literature
• Theories & Principles of Communication
• Small Group Communication
• Argumentation & Debate
• Intercollegiate Debate
• Advanced Public Speaking
• Advanced Argumentation & Debate
• Advanced Intercollegiate Debate
• Persuasive Communication
• Rhetorical Criticism
• Classical Rhetorical Theory & Criticism
• Senior Seminar

University of Oregon

• Fundamentals of Speech Communication
• Small Group Communication

University of Wisconsin Fox Valley

• Public Speaking
• Small Group Communication
• Theories of Persuasion
• Communication Theory
• Intercollegiate Forensics

Northern Illinois University

• Principles of Speech Communication

Other teaching

University of Arizona, July/August 1982. Head Instructor and Director of the Value Debate Division, Arizona Debate Institute, the nation's largest and most prestigious collegiate debate institute.

July/August, 1979 - 1981. Guest Faculty, Arizona Debate Institute.

SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP

Randolph J. Scott, A Stock Issues-Based Paradigm for Value Proposition Debate," doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1/27/89.

Value argumentation theory is analyzed, synthesized and codified in the dissertation. The previously ungrounded concepts of presumption, burden of proof, stock issues, and elements of a prima facie case are grounded in classical Greek and Roman rhetorical theory, contemporary theory in argumentation and debate, and in compatible axiological (value) theory.

Randolph J. Scott, "The Logic-Emotion Duality/Conviction-Persuasion Dichotomy: A Reconsideration and an Alternative," Journal of the Wisconsin Communication Association, 7 (Spring, 1977), 79-89.

Randolph J. Scott and Tony Wynn, "Avoidance of the False Claim: Some Considerations for Debating and Judging Propositions of Value," Contributions on the Philosophy and Practice of CEDA, Don Brownlee, ED., Cross Examination Debate Association, April, 1981.

Randolph J. Scott, Do Performance Standards in Individual Events Necessitate an Understanding of Argumentation? paper presented at the Speech Communication Association/American Forensic Association Second Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT, August, 1981.

Resolving Value Conflicts in Value and Policy Debate, keynote address to

the Arizona Debate Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, August, 1982. Presented to the faculty, visiting Directors of Forensics and debate coaches, and students at the 1982 Arizona Debate Institute.

The Service Component in Tenure and Promotion Decisions at Weber

State College: Formal Policies and Informal Opinions of Selected

Administrators," presented to the Senior College and University Division,

Speech Communication Association National Convention, San Francisco,

CA, November, 1989.

First affirmative speaker on the proposition "Resolved: That Critical

Thinking Should be an Essential Component of the Basic Course" in a public debate before the Basic Course Conference, Western States Communication Association, Boise, ID, February, 1992.

Fostering Critical Thinking About Organization in the Basic Course, presented to the Basic Course Conference, Western States Communication Association Convention, Boise, ID, February, 1992.

Monroe's Motivated Sequence: A Model for Teaching Critical Thinking About Suasory Discourse, presented to the WAC Conference on Critical Thinking and Writing, Weber State University, April, 1992.

Training High School Forensics Coaches Through Workshops and

Inservice Programs, presented at the Speech Communication Association National Convention, Chicago, IL, November, 1992. This was an invited presentation sponsored by the National Federation of State High School Associations. I was asked to make the presentation after the National Federation polled high school and college directors of forensics for nominees to speak on this topic.

Evaluating Oral Presentations, a presentation to participants in WSU's Speaking Excellence Across the Curriculum program, Weber State University, November, 1992.

From Fantasy Theme to Rhetorical Vision to Virtual Reality: Origins of the Home Office Project in the Department of Communication at Weber State University, paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Convention, San Jose, CA, February, 1994.

An Argument Against Assigned Presumption in Value Debate, a paper presented at the Speech Communication Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994.

Randolph J. Scott, Mark Merkley and Joel Passey. A Performative Celebration of Teaching.

Presented to the Communication and Instruction Interest Group, Western States

Communication Association Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February, 2004, after receiving the 2004 Master Teacher Award.

SELECTED SERVICE

Selected Professional Service

1977-1983 Chapter Sponsor, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha (DSR-TKA)

1979-1980 DSR-TKA Speaker of the Year Committee

1980-1983 Executive Committee, District IX, National Individual Events Tournament

1981-1983 Chair, Executive Committee, District IX, National Individual Events Tournament

1980-1982 District IX, National Debate Tournament Committee

1981-1983 Executive Committee, National Individual Events Tournament,

1982-1983 American Forensic Association Blue Ribbon Commission on Debate and Forensics

1980-1981 Vice President, Cross Examination Debate Association, the nation's largest intercollegiate debate organization with 353 member schools. (National election.)

1981-1982 President, Cross Examination Debate Association (separate national election, not succession from vice presidency)

1982-1983 Executive Committee, Cross Examination Debate Association

1983 Host, American Forensic Association, National Individual Events Tournament

1986 Host, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha National Conference & Tournament

1988 Host, American Forensic Association, National Debate Tournament

Selected Campus Service (Except for service as department chair only representative service beyond the department level is included.)

1978-1979 Student Activities Committee

1978-1979 Dean of Students ad hoc Committee on Advisement

1979-1981 Community Service Curriculum Development Committee

1979-1980 Academic Standards Committee

1980 Search Committee, Dean, Arts and Humanities

1981-1982 Arts and Humanities Area Council

1981-1982 Student Activities Committee

1982-1983 Student Affairs Committee

1985-1997 Chair, Department of Communication

1989-1991 Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on College Image

1989 Project 30 Committee on Preparation of Secondary School Teachers

1989-1992 WSU Faculty Senator. (First term. 10 years total.)

1989 Search Committee, Vice President for Development

1989-1993 Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee

1992-1993 Chair, Subcommittee on Sabbatical Leave Policy, of the Salary, Benefits,

Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee

1991-1992 Academic Issues Subcommittee of the NCAA Certification Committee

1991-1992 Chair, Faculty Senate ad hoc Committee on Faculty Evaluation

1994-1995 Chair, College of Arts and Humanities Tenure Document Review Committee

1998-1999, Chair, Faculty Board of Review

2002-2003 Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee

2002-2003 External Reviewer, Department of Botany Program Review

2003-Present Chair, Department of Communication

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

1979-1980 Professor of the Year, Weber State University

1980-1981 Forensics Critic of the Year, presented by UCLA Division of Honors

1990 Distinguished Faculty Service Award, Weber State University (campus-wide award for cumulative service to the community, campus and profession)

2004 Master Teacher Award, presented by the Western States Communication Association