Lecturer / Debate Director & CDO Special Assistant
770-362-9435
mhester@westga.edu
Humanities Building - Room 308
Office Hours
MW 1-3pm, Row Hall 203
TR 11am-1pm
- B.S., Political Science, West Georgia College, 1993
- M.A., Speech Communication, University of Georgia, 1995
- Ph.D., Communications, Georgia State University, 2005
Spring 2021 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 1FG
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 04 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [PDF]
- COMM-3360 ( Intercultural Communication) Section: 01
Fall 2020 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 1GG
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 08 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 11 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 12 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- XIDS-2002 (WDYKA MulticulturalAchievement) Section: LB1
Summer 2020 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 1IG
Spring 2020 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 04G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 05 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- XIDS-2300 (RhetoricofCivilRightsMovement) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-3200 (Rhetoric and Social Influence) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Fall 2019 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 03G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: LXB Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: LBC Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: L2B Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: LCB Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- XIDS-2002 (WDYKA MulticulturalAchievement) Section: LCB
Summer 2019 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 05G
Spring 2019 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 04G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: LBC Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: BLC Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- XIDS-2300 (Diasporic Dialogues-Brazil/USA) Section: LCB
Fall 2018 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 03G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 91
- XIDS-2002 (WDYKA MulticulturalAchievement) Section: LBC
- XIDS-2002 (WDYKA MulticulturalAchievement) Section: LCB
- XIDS-2002 (WDYKA Influencing Others) Section: 114
Summer 2018 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 03G
Spring 2018 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 04G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: LCB Download Syllabus [DOC]
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: L2B
- COMM-4485 (Rhetoric & Social Influence) Section: 02
Fall 2017 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 02G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 10
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 14
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 25H
Summer 2017 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 04G
Spring 2017 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 02G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 25H
- XIDS-2300 (RacialJusticeMovementsCalendar) Section: 01
- XIDS-2300 (Rhetoric Civil Rights Movement) Section: 02
Fall 2016 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 02G
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 12G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 17
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking - Honors) Section: 25H
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum) Section: 01
- XIDS-2300 (Rehtoric of Civil Rights Movem) Section: 01
Summer 2016 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 05G
Spring 2016 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 02G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 25H
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum) Section: 01
- XIDS-2300 (Rhetoric of Civil Rights Mvmt) Section: 01
Fall 2015 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 05G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking) Section: 25H
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum) Section: 01
Summer 2015 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 02G
Spring 2015 Sections
- COMM-1100 (Human Communication) Section: 01G
- COMM-1110 (Public Speaking-Honors) Section: 25H
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum-Honors) Section: 25H
- COMM-1115 (Debate Practicum) Section: 26H
Rhetoric
My own undergraduate career as an intercollegiate debater and experience of more than two decades as the coach of a national championship intercollegiate debate program, combined with teaching more than 140 sections of public speaking and debate practicum give me a rich perspective on rhetoric. Any public policy or social issue involving the need to persuade or instances of being persuaded can be better understood through rhetorical analysis.
Gifted Education
For 14 years, i was an administrator in UWG's Honors College, including three as dean and two as interim director of the Advanced Academy - an early entrance program for high-achieving dual-enrolled students. Combined with my own time in gifted programs in elementary, junior, and high school and as an honors undergraduate student - all within Georgia - my experience has provided a rich perspective on how gifted education functions and how it better prepares students.