{"id":314,"date":"2024-06-04T19:36:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/?page_id=314"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:10:45","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/05\/Dr-Gaye-Lynn-Scott-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. \" class=\"wp-image-315 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/05\/Dr-Gaye-Lynn-Scott-1.jpg 308w, https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/05\/Dr-Gaye-Lynn-Scott-1-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/05\/Dr-Gaye-Lynn-Scott-1-88x150.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott serves as Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, with administrative responsibility for the College\u2019s credit\/transfer programs, credit workforce programs, School of Community Education, and School of College Readiness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Scott\u2019s focus is always on promoting excellence and innovation in teaching and learning and supporting programs that contribute to student success. She has led efforts to greatly expand the use of open educational resources; launch an early alert program; move to a strategic approach to building the annual course schedule; support faculty hiring based on strengths-minded pedagogy; expand robust external partnerships, and build greater access to programs for area high school students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Scott also has served as associate vice chancellor of academic programs at Austin Community College (ACC), dean of social and behavioral sciences, and a professor of government \u2014 including serving as the government department chair for nearly five years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Scott earned her doctorate in higher education from Texas Tech University in December 2015. That same year, Dr. Scott was named ACC\u2019s Administrator of the Year and was a Roueche Excellence Award winner. She is active in her church, a lifelong baseball fan, and an accomplished pianist.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs - Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z4fR4mgOBqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information:<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott<\/strong><br \/>Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs<br \/><a href=\"mailto:vcinstruction@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vcinstruction@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tammy Chalermpued<\/strong><br \/>Executive Assistant to Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs<br \/>512-223-7579<br \/><a href=\"mailto:tchalerm@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tchalerm@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Affairs Communications<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bethany Swoveland<\/strong>, Director of Academic Affairs Communications<br \/>Contact Info:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:bethany.swoveland@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bethany.swoveland@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Development and Evaluation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Theresa Glenn<\/strong>, Dean of Faculty Development and Evaluation<br \/>Contact Info:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:tglenn2@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tglenn2@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott serves as Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, with administrative responsibility for the College\u2019s credit\/transfer programs, credit workforce programs, School of Community Education, and School of College Readiness. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/biography\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":-90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/vice-chancellor-of-instruction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}