She is a nationally and internationally-recognized educator, scholar and researcher in the field of American, African-American and Diaspora Studies. Professor Hope Scott is a Scholar of the Oxford Round Table and a former Fulbright Scholar to Burkina Faso and the Republic of Bénin, West Africa. She has presented numerous, lectures, workshops and scholarly papers at national and international conferences and programs, and has lectured extensively for U.S. Embassies and American Cultural Centres throughout Africa.