ISAAC I. SCOTT RESUME/CV
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CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Fine Art Proficiency; Graphic Design Proficiency; Video and Editing Proficiency; Individual and group instruction; Discussion facilitation; Mentoring proficiency; Research management; Designing research projects; Planning and coordination ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE (NRCAT) Advisory Board Member, 2021-Present COMMUNITY BOARD 11 MANHATTAN Human Services Committee Chairperson, 2019-Present CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Social Relations Lab Technician and Resident Visual Artist, 2015-2022 NYS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Inmate Grievance Representative, 2009-2013 |
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES Bachelors of Arts in Visual Arts, December 2022 UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Faith Collaborative Leadership Training, Fall 2019 MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK (MNN) Certificate of Completion in Basic Studio Production; Field Production, July 2018 CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Beyond the Bars Fellowship in Social Justice Leadership, 2015-2016 NYS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Residential Electricity; Floor Covering; Masonry, June 2007-July 2011 TAYLOR BUSINESS INSTITUTE A.S. in Networking Technology, GPA 3.49, September 2002-June 2004 |
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TEACHING ARTIST EXPERIENCE
THE CONFINED ARTS & ARTS JUSTICE SAFETY COALITION Professional Development Workshop Facilitator, 2022- Present MT. ZION A.M.E. CHURCH Teaching Artist Summer 2022 BROADWAY ADVOCACY COALITION Group Facilitator And Thought Partner, 2019-2022 CENTER FOR COURT INNOVATION Teaching Artist, 2020 INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN PROSECUTION Teaching Artist, 2020 RISING GROUND Teaching Artist, 2019 PROJECT ART AT NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Teaching artist, 2016-2017 CASES Teaching Artist, 2016-2017 JUSTICE IN EDUCATION INITIATIVE Teaching Artists, 2015-2016 |
VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS
Includes but not limited to:
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MINISTRY EXPERIENCE
MT. ZION A.M.E. CHURCH, NYC
Resident Artist & Community Liaison Minister, 2021-Present
INSIGHT MINISTRIES UNLIMITED
Founder and Ordained Minister, 2019-Present
GOD'S TOUCH HEALING MINISTRY
Associate Pastor, 2018-2021
MT. ZION A.M.E. CHURCH, NYC
Resident Artist & Community Liaison Minister, 2021-Present
INSIGHT MINISTRIES UNLIMITED
Founder and Ordained Minister, 2019-Present
GOD'S TOUCH HEALING MINISTRY
Associate Pastor, 2018-2021
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF PRISON STUDY, 2018-2019
Because people in prison are isolated from free society, are geographically distanced and may be emotionally distanced from family as a result of their incarceration, considering peer relationships that are formed within prison is a critical part of understanding what social support means for people in prison. What impact does prison have on social relationships? How does it have this impact? Do the rules and regulations for people in prison within NYS prisons impede healthy relationships for people serving time? And if so, how? Does the social environment of NYS prisons impact how people feel about their personal role in society (during sentence and post-incarceration)? And if so, how?
LANGUAGE OF DEHUMANIZATION PROJECT, 2016-2019
Through empirical studies and the artistic dissemination of their results in publications, through public outreach campaigns and art-based programming, and through media this project aims to produce and exhibit evidence about the detrimental effects of dehumanizing language and misrepresentations of people in jail/prison in three different contexts: public opinion, judicial context, and prison settings. Label Impact Study Television Research (De)humanizing Language in the Courtroom
STRATEGIC ARTS ENGAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, 2020-PRESENT
Across various art-center project nationally TCA is measuring The role of public arts and strategic arts engagement in popular culture and in personal settings to change perception, build relationships, and foster action. This research is being conducted, in part, to support the Arts Justice Safety Coalition's 2022-23 policy goal which is to advance alternative to incarceration (ATI) possibilities by positioning the arts as an essential tool in prevention, pre-trial, supervised release, and post-conviction sentencing options. Utilizing trauma-informed arts practices to intervene and center the humanity of individuals who are system-impacted will open pathways towards, financial sustainability, public safety, healing and inspired living.
SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF PRISON STUDY, 2018-2019
Because people in prison are isolated from free society, are geographically distanced and may be emotionally distanced from family as a result of their incarceration, considering peer relationships that are formed within prison is a critical part of understanding what social support means for people in prison. What impact does prison have on social relationships? How does it have this impact? Do the rules and regulations for people in prison within NYS prisons impede healthy relationships for people serving time? And if so, how? Does the social environment of NYS prisons impact how people feel about their personal role in society (during sentence and post-incarceration)? And if so, how?
LANGUAGE OF DEHUMANIZATION PROJECT, 2016-2019
Through empirical studies and the artistic dissemination of their results in publications, through public outreach campaigns and art-based programming, and through media this project aims to produce and exhibit evidence about the detrimental effects of dehumanizing language and misrepresentations of people in jail/prison in three different contexts: public opinion, judicial context, and prison settings. Label Impact Study Television Research (De)humanizing Language in the Courtroom
STRATEGIC ARTS ENGAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, 2020-PRESENT
Across various art-center project nationally TCA is measuring The role of public arts and strategic arts engagement in popular culture and in personal settings to change perception, build relationships, and foster action. This research is being conducted, in part, to support the Arts Justice Safety Coalition's 2022-23 policy goal which is to advance alternative to incarceration (ATI) possibilities by positioning the arts as an essential tool in prevention, pre-trial, supervised release, and post-conviction sentencing options. Utilizing trauma-informed arts practices to intervene and center the humanity of individuals who are system-impacted will open pathways towards, financial sustainability, public safety, healing and inspired living.
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PUBLICATIONS
QUARTERLY OPINION Chief Editor 2020-Present PIONEER WORKS Prison is a Monster, Pastor IsaacScott and The Confined Arts, Pioneer Works 2022 COLUMBIA SPECTATOR Columnist 2020-2021 GODSTOUCHHEALINGMINISTRY.ORG Editorial Minister 2020-2021 |
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Rene Plessner Scholarship, Fall 2022 FORD FOUNDATION, GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE Project Grant: Strategic Arts Engagement Initiative, 2022-2023 OPEN SOCIETIES FOUNDATIONS, DRUG POLICY PROGRAM Project Grant: Claiming the Visual Narrative, 2021-2023 EUGENE M LANG FOUNDATION General Support Grant: The Confined Arts, - 2021 J&E BERKLEY FOUNDATION General support Grant: The Confined Arts - 2020 |
The Philanthropy Lab Course
In 2022 selected as a top student representatives from Columbia University to convene in Dallas at an annual Ambassadors Conference and participated in a grant making exercise to award $150,000 in additional QUAT grants, 2022
Columbia University School of General Studies
Change Agent Award Recipient , 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
God's Touch Healing Ministry
Certificate of Ordination and Marriage Officiant, May 2018
Just Leadership USA
Breakthrough Action Leadership Training for Emerging Leaders Certificate of Completion, July 2017
Columbia Business School
Start Your Own Business: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship workshop Certificate of successful participation, May 2017
StoryCorps,
Certificate of Recognition February 2017
02/07/2017 Interview archived at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture as well as the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and is an official StoryCorp Archive. Use Interview ID dda002514 to locate and listen to interview in StoryCorp archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Recognize the Real Award Ceremony
Senator Bill Perkins Certificate of Achievement & City Council Citation, August 2015
Justice in Education Initiative at Columbia University
Justice-in-Education Scholars Program Certificate of Completion, July 2015
Virgil Grissom Middle School
Certificate of Appreciation-Career Day, May 2015
In 2022 selected as a top student representatives from Columbia University to convene in Dallas at an annual Ambassadors Conference and participated in a grant making exercise to award $150,000 in additional QUAT grants, 2022
Columbia University School of General Studies
Change Agent Award Recipient , 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
God's Touch Healing Ministry
Certificate of Ordination and Marriage Officiant, May 2018
Just Leadership USA
Breakthrough Action Leadership Training for Emerging Leaders Certificate of Completion, July 2017
Columbia Business School
Start Your Own Business: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship workshop Certificate of successful participation, May 2017
StoryCorps,
Certificate of Recognition February 2017
02/07/2017 Interview archived at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture as well as the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and is an official StoryCorp Archive. Use Interview ID dda002514 to locate and listen to interview in StoryCorp archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Recognize the Real Award Ceremony
Senator Bill Perkins Certificate of Achievement & City Council Citation, August 2015
Justice in Education Initiative at Columbia University
Justice-in-Education Scholars Program Certificate of Completion, July 2015
Virgil Grissom Middle School
Certificate of Appreciation-Career Day, May 2015
