Jennifer Scott holds a PhD in Communication and is thrilled to join the faculty of Coastal Carolina University this fall as a lecturer of social media and media effects. NOT PART OF THE PLAN is her debut novel. With more than 50,000 followers on TikTok (@drjenniferscott), she enjoys discussing her love of all things media with a Gen X spin. Her short story, THE FAVOR, was published in an 2023 issue of Midnight & Indigo, the literary journal for Black women.