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Kendra Nicole Bryant Aya

Associate Professor

Kendra Nicole Bryant Aya
College
College of Arts Humanities, Soc Sci

Department
English

Contact
General Classroom 436
Education
Ph.D.English / University of South Florida
MEDEnglish Education / Florida A&M University
OtherPublic Relations / Florida A&M University

Bio

Kendra N. Bryant is an assistant professor of English with 20 years teaching experience. Her scholarship interests include writing with technology (social media); professional writing; rhetoric & composition in the HBCU; African American literature; and womanist theories and practices. She writes poetry, blogs and paints.

Research Interests

Writing with technology (social media); Integrating womanist voices into the first year composition curriculum; Social activist writing

External URL

drknbryant.com

Recent Publications

  • Kendra Bryant (2017). (鈥溾楾he Writing鈥檚 on the Wall鈥: Making the Case for Hieroglyphs in the 21st Century First Year Composition Classroom鈥 ). In Kendra Parker, The Journal of the College Language Association (CLAJ).
  • Kendra Bryant (2016). (Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media). In Kendra N. Bryant, pp. 306. IGI Global.
  • Kendra Bryant (2016). (鈥溾楬eaven last all ways鈥: Examining Celie鈥檚 鈥楽uchness鈥 in Walker鈥檚 The Color Purple鈥 ). In Devaleena Das, (Alice Walker鈥檚 鈥淭he Color Purple鈥: Critical Perspectives) Delhi: PenCraft International.
  • Kendra Bryant (2016). (鈥溾楳e/We鈥: Building an 鈥楨mbodied鈥 Writing Classroom for Socially Networked, Socially Distracted Basic Writers鈥 ). In Hope Parisi and Cheryl C. Smith, The Journal of Basic Writing.
  • Kendra Bryant (2016). (鈥#WordUp!: Student Responses to Social Media in the Technical Writing Classroom鈥 ). In Kendra N. Bryant, (Engaging 21st Century Writers with Social Media) pp. 15. IGI Global.
  • Kendra Bryant (2015). (鈥淭he Heart of a Woman: Re-Envisioning Maya Angelou鈥檚 鈥極n the Pulse of Morning鈥 in Light of Martin Luther King鈥檚 鈥業 Have a Dream鈥欌 ). In Sue Matheson, (4) 7, the quint: an interdisciplinary quarterly of the north .
  • Kendra Bryant (2015). (鈥淭he Making of a Western-Negro-Superhero-Savior: Django鈥檚 Blue Velvet Fauntleroy Suit鈥 ). In Rhonda Wilcox, (1) 38, Studies in Popular Culture .
  • Kendra Bryant (2014). (鈥淏ut Can We Muster Compassion for George Zimmerman?鈥 ). In Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, (Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong.) Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Kendra Bryant (2013). (鈥淐omposing Online: Integrating Blogging into a Contemplative Classroom鈥 ). In Kristine Pytash and Rick Ferdig, (Exploring Technology for Writing and Writing Instruction) IGI Global.
  • Kendra Bryant (2010). (鈥淒ear Zora: Letters from the New Literati鈥 ). In Deborah G. Plant, (鈥淭he Inside Light鈥: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston) pp. 181-195. Praeger.