Linda Scott

Associate Professor of Advertising

Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies

Research Associate Professor of Communications

lscott1@uiuc.edu

Linda Scott's research interests focus on the history of consumer culture in America, with particular emphasis on images and on women. Professor Scott teaches "Classic Campaigns" and "Women in Advertising" at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level, she teaches special project courses, as well as doctoral seminars on consumer culture and visual theory. Professor Scott's students were recently asked to develop a marketing plan for the City of Chicago as part of a special project course. Her most recent scholarly work is a book, Persuasive Imagery: A Consumer Response Perspective. She is on the board of the Advertising Education Foundation, as well as serving on several editorial boards.