Robert “Charlie” Scott is a junior in the School of Arts and Sciences Honors program majoring in German Literature and Philosophy. He studied abroad at Freie Universität-Berlin over the summer and fall semesters of 2022 and is currently serving as the secretary of Rutgers’ chapter of The National German Honor Society, Delta Phi Alpha. Interested in the philosophy of technology, literary theory, and phenomenology, Charlie has penned essays in undergraduate journals such as Middlesex College’s Free Thought: Journal of The Humanities Honors Society, Arete: The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal of Rutgers University, and DEAD Center Alumni on war, flowers, Walter Benjamin, and Friedrich Kittler. In April of 2023, he presented at the 12th Annual Undergraduate Conference in German Studies on the application of Martin Heidegger’s “Die Frage nach der Technik” to contemporary readings of Chinese science fiction. Outside of his studies, Charlie enjoys film photography, playing board games, cooking, and camping. He also holds the honor of being the top global listener on Spotify of indie-folk band Saintseneca for the year 2020. He plans on going to graduate school following his time at Rutgers and hopes to teach.
