Tracy L. Scott, Ph.D.

Tracy L. Scott received an A.B. in economics from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University. From 2014 to 2020, she was director of Emory University’s Quality Enhancement Plan, “The Nature of Evidence: How Do We Know?” Scott’s current research project (“Moonshot Astronauts and Their Families: Exploring Image vs Reality in the Early Space Era”) brings together her history as an early-era “astronaut kid” (daughter of David R. Scott of Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and Apollo 15) with her professional expertise as a sociologist.