Jason Davids Scott earned his doctorate in theatre in 2009 at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), where he also earned a master's with honors in 2004. Prior to graduate school, Scott graduated with a bachelor's in cinema studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.  He then established a career a film publicist and development executive in both Los Angeles and New York, working for Castle Rock Entertainment and later actress/producer Helen Hunt.

Professor Scott was a lecturer at Arizona State University (2009-2011), where he served as the coordinator for curricular revision for the School of Theatre and Film. From 2011-13, Scott was an assistant professor at the School of Theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He has presented at the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA), where he served on the board for six years, and s at conferences hosted by the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), and the American Society for Theatrical Research (ASTR).

Scott's past publications include articles in the Mid-Atlantic Almanck; the online journal Otherness: Essays and Studies; and reviews in the Journal of Popular Culture and the Mid-Atlantic Almanack.  He wrote the artist profiles for "Monologues for Latino/a Actors," edited by ASU professor Micha Espinosa and published by Smith and Kraus. Other publications include chapters or contributions to "Robert Downey Jr. From Brat to Icon" (MacFarland); the "Cambridge World Encyclopedia of Actors and Acting"; "The Films of Wes Anderson" (Palgrave-Macmillan); and "The Cinema of Hal Hartley" (Wallflower/Columbia University Press). 

He is currently writing a textbook entitled "Everything but the Script: Professional Writing in the Entertainment Industry," to be published by Cognella in 2019. Scott continues to serve as a freelance publicity and marketing consultant for entertainment firms in both Los Angeles and New York, and has created marketing materials for more than 200 film projects and individual clients.  

At Arizona State University, Scott currently teaches required undergraduate courses in Sex and Violence in Cinema, Entertainment Industry History, and Independent Film.  He is a faculty affiliate of the Center for Film, Media, and Popular Culture. He serves the extended Arizona community as an adjudicator and respondent for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

As interim director of the film program, Professor Scott has helped develop new curricular models to facilitate better retention and students success, helping to expand the production programs offerings and fulfill ASU's missions of inclusion, diversity, and equity.  He is currently spearheading the development of the Standard Acknowledgment of Filmmaking Ethics (SAFE) set protocol to train filmmakers to better understand and deal with issues related to abuse of power, harrassment, and discrimination in industry workplaces.

To relax, he umpires Little League Baseball for Arizona Little League District 13, plays guitar, or annoys his cats.