William Bryant
Senior Lecturer
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of Communication
Education
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Ph.D., Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
University of North Carolina -, 2013
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MA, Speech Communication and Rhetoric
University of North Carolina -, 2008
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BA, Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Augusta State University, 2006
Awards & Honors
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RSCA Summer Grant
Pamplin College: Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity, 2023
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Communication Department Outstanding Teaching Award
Communication Department, 2022
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CURS Research Grant
Center for Undergraduate Research & Scholarship, 2022
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Excellence in Honors Instruction Award
Honors Program, 2022
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Excellence in Honors Instruction Award
Augusta University Honors Program, 2020
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
Teaching Interests
Honors Breaking Boundaries: Meditation and the Interior Life
Honors Fundamentals of Human Communication
Honors Intro Seminar: The Nature of Inquiry
Honors Fundamentals of Academic Inquiry
Advanced Public Speaking
Introduction to Research in Communication
Persuasion
Communication for Professionals
Communication and Culture
Jr. Seminar: Ethnography
Fundamentals of Human Communication
Fundamentals of Academic Inquiry
Cultural Studies in Education (Graduate Course)
Research Interests
The philosophical and cultural foundations of education
teacher immediacy
identity construction
mindfulness
meditation
listening
silence
rhetoric
