Scott is a native of northwest Colorado and still enjoys exploring the high alpine lakes, often with a backpack and fly rod in hand. He and his wife, Anne, live in Springville, Utah, where their son, Ethan, attends BYU as a freshman.
Scott is an Associate Teaching Professor in BYU’s Anthropology Department. He specializes in digital archaeology, focusing on the Fremont archaeological culture in the Eastern Great Basin. With over twenty years of archaeological experience, Scott has worked on projects across the Americas and Middle East. While his primary interests lie in Fremont ceramics and architecture, Scott is a strong advocate of technological advancements in archaeology. He effectively integrates drones, remote sensing, and GIS into his fieldwork and research methodologies.