About Dr. Carol
Trauma-informed + social work + human-centered + lived experience
PROFESSIONAL STORY
Leveraging
19+ years of experience conducting multidisciplinary human-centered research.
13+ years of studying trauma and applying trauma-informed approaches.
With that comes 15+ years of project management, supervisory, and cross-functional collaboration with partners across industries, government, and the community.
I deeply understand people, including how they
think
behave
experience emotions
communicate
interact with the world around them, including tech.
My expertise intersects
trauma and trauma-informed approaches
kids, teens, and youth
mental health
substance use
social media
systems thinking
Unique multidisciplinary training in
law enforcement
psychology
social work
human-computer interaction
social computing
health informatics
Emotional intelligence, growth-focused, and kindness are some of my zones of genius.
I love facilitating, mentoring, and training — they fill my cup.
I get excited about and finding creative ways to apply research insights in digestible ways.
PERSONAL STORY
I am a Canadian farm girl. I’ve worked hard since I was a child, helping the crops grow on our family farm in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
As a teenager, I wanted to be a police officer – K9 unit, to be exact.
In and after high school, I served in the Canadian Army Reserves.
During my undergrad, I fell in love with research; the rest, as they say, is history.
It’s a privilege to learn something new daily, advocate for trauma-informed technology, and champion others to achieve their goals.
Last but certainly not least, I am a diehard member of the Bills Mafia! #GoBills #LetsGoBuffalo
All My Stuff…
What others say about me
Dr. Scott has been an amazing consultant, mentor, and role model. It is clear that she is passionate about helping others! Dr. Scott has been such a bright light and a huge support, particularly in learning statistics! She is so knowledgeable, thoughtful of others, compassionate, and continuously offers unconditional encouragement. I feel so lucky to have met her and to have the opportunity to learn from her. I know that any graduate student (or person) would be lucky to have crossed paths with her. :)
Sierra Gillis, MA, TLLP-D, PysD
I engaged Dr. Scott to provide a trauma-informed moderation workshop at the global conference for moderation practitioners, All Things in Moderation. Her contribution delivered on every front; it was expert, thoughtfully curated, compassionate, collaborative and highly impactful for participants.
Dr. Scott's expertise and practical understanding of the critical intersection of technology and trauma work would benefit any organisation working in this space. She has helped me elevate my own research and consultancy work, and those impacts are already flowing on to our community of learners and practitioners. I believe her insights have far reaching benefits and are frankly, precisely what the world needs.
Director & Founder
As a mentor, Carol has done what great advisors do: develop/maintain rapport, understand my ‘why’/purpose, and then support me toward those goals with unwavering effort. Carol consistently challenges me to be a better research methodologist, writer, and scholar. She made me, our collaboration, and my development a priority, and for that, I'm forever grateful. I wish every budding scholar had someone like Carol as a mentor.”
Olivia K. Richards, PhD
University of Michigan, School of Information