William Bryant
Senior Lecturer
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of Communication
Administration
Department of Instruction & Innovation: Honors Program
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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Honors Program Student Association Certificate of Excellence
The Honors Program Student Association (HPSA), 2024
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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
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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HONR 3900H
Honors: Breaking Boundaries
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COMM 1110H
Honors: Public Speaking
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HONR 4500H
Honors Capstone
Teaching Interests
Honors Breaking Boundaries: Meditation and the Interior Life
Honors Breaking Boundaries: Stoicism and the Beautiful Life
Honors Breaking Boundaries: Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Modern World
Honors Intro Seminar: The Nature of Inquiry
Honors Fundamentals of Academic Inquiry
Honors Public Speaking
Honors Capstone
Advanced Public Speaking
Introduction to Research in Communication
Persuasion
Communication for Professionals
Communication and Culture
Jr. Seminar: Ethnography and Autoethnography
Public Speaking
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
