Blake C. Scott, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of International Studies
Blake Scott is a historian, writer and associate professor of international studies. His work explores the intertwined cultures and ecologies connecting the Caribbean with the U.S. South. In the Department of International Studies at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Scott teaches both introductory and advanced courses on cultural and economic globalization, travel and migration, and global environmental change.
Scott is the author of Unpacked: A History of Caribbean Tourism (Cornell University Press) and co-editor of Port Cities of the Atlantic World: Sea-facing Histories of the U.S. South (University of South Carolina Press). His scholarship has appeared in publications ranging from Environmental History and the Journal of Tourism History to The Huffington Post and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Post and Courier.
Scott’s research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Program, the Smithsonian Institution, NOAA–S.C. Sea Grant, the University of Texas at Austin and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs.
Beyond the classroom, Scott can often be found exploring and studying the salt marshes of the Carolina Lowcountry. He is the co-founder of the M.A.R.S.H. Project - a grassroots and community-based program working to revitalize and advocate for the unique marshland ecosystems in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, South Carolina.
For questions about Scott’s research or the Department of International Studies, please feel free to send a note.
Learn more about Dr. Scott
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Education
Ph.D. in History, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., University of Georgia
B.A., Florida State University -
Courses
Introduction to International Studies
Global Environmental Challenges: Past, Present, Future
U.S.-Latin American Relations
Caribbean Crossroads: People, Ideas, and Goods on-the-move
Deconstructing Tourism: History, Culture, and the Question of Sustainability
Environmental Commons in Global Perspective
From the Marsh to the Mountains: Sustainability Practices in Context
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Selected Publications
Books:
Port Cities of the Atlantic World: Sea-Facing Histories of the US South, co-edited with Jacob Steere-Williams. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2023.
Unpacked: A History of Caribbean Tourism. Itacha: Cornell University Press, 2022.
Articles and Essays:
“‘Southern hospitality’ in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, South Carolina: the diverse meanings of a regional form of hospitality in a growing tourism destination,” with Daniel Guttentag, Wayne Smith, and Robert Pitts, Tourism Recreation Research, April, 2024.
“Reimagine a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tourism Industry that benefits residents,” The Post and Courier, January 5, 2023.
“River Meditations: A Journey into Environmental Education,” with Merrie Koester, The Journal of Sustainability Education, Vol. 25, (September 11, 2021): 1-10.
“From the Rainforest to the Moon and Back: Or how one indigenous community joined the international tourist economy,” The Caribbean Writer, Volume 33, (Fall 2019): 244-248.
“Discussion: Tourism and Diplomacy,” with Shelley Baranowski, Lisa Pinley Covert, Bertram M. Gordon, Richard Ivan Jobs, Christian Noack, and Adam T. Rosenbaum, Journal of Tourism History, Volume 11, No. 1, (January 2019): 63-90.
“Tourism in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History, (June 2017): 1-25.
“From Disease to Desire: The Rise of Tourism at the Panama Canal,” Environmental History, Volume 21, No. 2 (March 2016): 270-277. Translated by Dr. Mónica Kupfer, “De la enfermedad al deseo: El surgimiento del turismo en el Canal de Panamá,” Revista Panameña de Política, Volume 25, (December 2018): 79-87.
“More than a Natural Disaster: Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of History’s Storm,” The Huffington Post, December 2017.