Samuel Joseph Watson Phone: 903-818-9796 sjw24613@uga.edu ________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Baylor University Waco, TX Bachelor of Arts: University Scholar - May 2016 Dean’s List, 3.85/4.0 GPA (Concentration in Environmental Studies) Magna cum Laude Baylor Interdisciplinary Core in Environmental Fiction: Outstanding Honors Thesis: “Setting the Scene Kenneth Burke and the Frontier Myth” Baylor University Waco, TX Master of Arts: Communication Studies 3.80/4.0 GPA May 2018 – (Concentration in Rhetorical Studies) Baylor Interdisciplinary Core Graduate Fellow in Interdisciplinary Rhetorical Studies University of Georgia Athens, GA Ph.D. student in Rhetoric and Communication Studies August 2018-present Presidential Graduate Fellowship Graduate Courses Politics and Communication (Fall 2016) Modern Communication Theory (Fall 2016) Masters of International Cinema (Fall 2016) Methods of Rhetorical Criticism (Spring 2017) Rhetoric and Cultural Studies (Spring 2017) Visual Rhetoric Independent Study (Spring 2017) Public Address Independent Study (Summer 2017) Rhetorical Theory (Fall 2017) Horror Cinema (Spring 2018) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Communication Association “Elon Musk: Manifest Capitalism.” National Conference, Public Address Division. November 2018. and Silencing the National Avatar “James Cameron’s Environment.” Communication Association Conference. Theatre, Film, and New Media Division. November 2018. Top Paper Panel.
Samuel Joseph Watson Phone: 903-818-9796 sjw24613@uga.edu ________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Baylor University Waco, TX Bachelor of Arts: University Scholar - Dean’s List, 3.85/4.0 GPA May 2016 (Concentration in Environmental Studies) Magna cum Laude Baylor Interdisciplinary Core Outstanding Honors Thesis: “Setting the Scene in Environmental Fiction: Kenneth Burke and the Frontier Myth” Baylor University Waco, TX Master of Arts: Communication Studies – 3.80/4.0 GPA May 2018 (Concentration in Rhetorical Studies) Baylor Interdisciplinary Core Graduate Fellow in Interdisciplinary Rhetorical Studies University of Georgia Athens, GA Ph.D. student in Rhetoric and Communication Studies August 2018-present Presidential Graduate Fellowship Graduate Courses Politics and Communication (Fall 2016) Modern Communication Theory (Fall 2016) Masters of International Cinema (Fall 2016) Methods of Rhetorical Criticism (Spring 2017) Rhetoric and Cultural Studies (Spring 2017) Visual Rhetoric Independent Study (Spring 2017) Public Address Independent Study (Summer 2017) Rhetorical Theory (Fall 2017) Horror Cinema (Spring 2018) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Elon Musk: Manifest Capitalism.” National Communication Association Conference, Public Address Division. November 2018. “James Cameron’s Avatar and Silencing the Environment.” National Communication Association Conference. Theatre, Film, and New Media Division. November 2018. Top Paper Panel.