Dr. Craig R. Scott is the John T. Jones, Jr. Centennial Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also a Senior Faculty Research Associate with the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication. He returned to UT Austin (where he worked from 1995-2006) after 14 years at Rutgers University, where he served as department chair and Ph.D. program director. Scott’s research and teaching are primarily focused on organizational communication, where he examines issues of anonymity and identity/identification in various organizational settings. His current interests center around “hidden organizations,” which are found when an organization and/or its members conceal key aspects of their identity from various audiences. His 2013 book titled Anonymous Agencies, Backstreet Businesses, and Covert Collectives: Rethinking Organizations in the 21^st Century has won several awards. He was also a guest editor of a special issue of Management Communication Quarterly on Hidden Organizations (published in 2015). Scott is the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Jablin Award for Outstanding Contributions to Organizational Communication. He is co-editor of the International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication and serves on editorial boards for multiple journals in Communication. In addition to a course on the Dark Side of Organizations, Scott teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Organizational Communication and Work & Technology. Scott received his Ph.D. in Communication from Arizona State University in 1994, has an MA from San Diego State, and received undergraduate degrees from Regis U. in Denver. When he’s not in his academic role, he can be found cheering for his Colorado/Denver sports teams; playing basketball, sand volleyball, or bar trivia; or spending time with his wonderful wife Laurie (an academic at UT San Antonio) and his amazing college-aged kids Parker and Mikyla.