Rate My Professor Scott Andrews

Andrews' scholarly work centers on the interdisciplinary intersections of rhetoric and philosophy, with emphases on rhetoric in the public sphere, democracy, and its constitutive, creative, and ontological dimensions. His refereed publications include a book review of 'A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues' in the Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal (2023), the chapter 'From Rational to Relevant: What Counts as “Public” Knowledge?' in Global Academe (2012), and 'Objectivity in Rhetorical Criticism: Husserl’s Late Phenomenology' in Speaker & Gavel (2011). He authored the open educational resource textbook Find Your Voice! Speaking in a Democracy, published through LibreTexts. Andrews has delivered numerous refereed conference presentations at venues such as the Rhetoric Society of America (2024), National Communication Association, and Eastern Communication Association, earning Top Paper awards for works on Whitman and public knowledge in 2022 and 2011. His accolades include the 2025 Colorado Mesa University Distinguished Teaching Faculty Award, the CDHE Open Educational Resources Award (2020), Daniels Ethics Fund Fellowship (2019–2021), Faculty Professional Development Fund Awards (2019, 2021, 2022), and the Institute for Arts & Humanities Dissertation Fellowship from Penn State (2010). Andrews contributes to university service as co-chair of Teacher to Teacher, member of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, and Faculty Fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, while advising Communication Studies minors and producing events like 'An Evening with Dana Liesegang' (2019).