About the Author

Scott McLean serves as an Associate Professor of Communication for Florida State College-Jacksonville.  He served as an Associate Professor of Business Communication for the W. A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University–Yuma, on a combined campus partnership with the University of Arizona and Arizona Western College.  Scott McLean was the 2007-2011 Shadle-EdgeCombe Endowed Faculty Chair at Arizona Western College.

Scott is the author of the Basics of Speech Communication, the Basics of Interpersonal Communication, and the Basics of Communication Studies with Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Education. He is also the author of Business English for Success, Writing for Success, Intercultural Communication and Group Communication with FlatWorld.  He has published in peer-review journals, classic car magazines, and newspapers.

Beyond his classroom experience, Scott regularly serves as a communications advisor to industry, business, and organizations. He has extensive experience and publications in the areas of health communication, social marketing communication, strategic, organizational, and crisis communication. He has served as an evaluator for the United States National Institutes of Health’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program since 1995. He served as an evaluator of educational programs for the Ministerio de Hacienda de Chile.  He works with companies interested in Chile and is active in international business communication. His development of the Tenio Natural Reserve in Southern Chile has brought together people from around the world to preserve and restore indigenous flora and fauna on a collective effort will serve for generations to come.

Scott studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and at Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. He and his family divide their time between the United States and Puerto Montt, Chile.