McLean serves an Associate Professor of Business Communication for the W. A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University–Yuma, on a combined campus partnership with the University of Arizona and Arizona Western College. He was the 2007-2011 Shadle-EdgeCombe Endowed Faculty Chair at Arizona Western College. Scott is the author of many books on teaching students to communicate clearly. He has published “Business Communication for Success,” "Business English for Success," and "Writing for Success" with Flat World Knowledge, as well as “The Basics of Speech Communication” and “The Basics of Interpersonal Communication,” with Pearson Education. His other writing can be found in peer reviewed journals, newspapers, and even classic car magazines! For many students, their first English course is important to their overall academic success—and it drives Scott to create clear, concise learning resources with scaffolding for support, frequent opportunities for engagement, and demonstration of skill mastery. He has developed this approach from his experience working with students at the community college and undergraduate level, including English 95 (development), 100 (college prep), 101 (composition and argumentation), 102 (literature and analysis), and 350 (business communication). Scott has taught at Arizona Western College–San Luis on the US/Mexican Border, Central Oregon Community College’s Branch Campus on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, and Universidad San Sebastian in Concepcion, Chile. He studied at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, and Northern Arizona University–Flagstaff’s Department of English in the area of Professional Writing.