Scott Ritner, Ph.D.

  • Lecturer
Scott Ritner against a brick wall
Address

Ketchum 125

Office Hours

2:30-4pm Wednesdays     

Degree(s)
  • PhD in Politics from The New School for Social Research
Areas of Expertise
  • Cultural Rhetorics
  • Public Rhetorics, Civics, and Advocacy
  • Applied Public Humanities
  • Rhetorics of Image, Sound, and the Body
Bio

Scott B. Ritner (he/him/his) teaches courses in the Program for Writing and Rhetoric and Political Science. He came to CU Boulder in 2022 following appointments at SUNY Potsdam (2021-2022) and Temple University (2018-2021). He earned his PhD in Politics from The New School for Social Research in 2018. Scott's research focuses on 20th and 21st Century Critical Social Theory, fascism and antifascism, Race & Ethnic Politics, and Popular Culture including literature and music. He served as President of the American Weil Society (http://www.americanweilsociety.org) from 2022-2025. He is currently working on a manuscript titled Revolutionary Pessimism: The Political Thought of Simone Weil and developing a project on the Beastie Boys song “Sabotage” as well as a co-edited volume on Critical Ski Studies. When not researching or teaching, you can [try to] find him in the mountains.

Course(s) Regularly Taught
  • WRTG 1150 First Year Writing