Teaching in the Master of Development Practice program since 2018, Andrew Scott (Scott) DuPree, is a practitioner with decades of experience in strengthening and building civil society approaches to development, human rights and the environment. He has worked with dozens of civil society organizations and grassroots groups in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. He specializes in strategic planning and learning that serves to assist in the formulation of more sustainable and long-lasting impact. Scott was regional director of The Synergos Institute’s Africa Program, a co-founder of Conectas Human Rights in Sao Paulo, Brazil and alliance coordinator for the Global Greengrants Fund’s. He has assisted dozens of civil society support organizations to launch and grow in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. In addition to teaching in the Regis program he consults and coaches organizations on planning, evaluation, partnership, network building and fundraising through Civil Society Transitions. His practice and writing pursue empowering civil society advocacy and programming as an engine of social change. He holds a BA from St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, an MA in International Communications from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the Josef Korbel School for International Studies. He has taught master’s level and undergraduate courses on participatory development, African politics, social movements and human rights at University of Colorado Denver, and the Korbel School at the University of Denver.
