Taylor Bryant

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Taylor Bryant

Assistant Professor

Special Education & Communication Disorders University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
BKC 360
Lincoln, NE 68583-0738
Phone
402-472-2145 On-campus 2-2145
Email
tbryant11@unl.edu

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Taylor Bryant, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the director of the Language, Literacy, and Emotional Outcomes (LEO) Lab. She is a speech-language pathologist and educational researcher whose work examines how children’s language and literacy skills relate to their learning, as well as their emotional functioning, experiences, and well-being. Her research interests stem from her past clinical experiences working with children with developmental language disorder and/or dyslexia: many of the children on her caseload showed negative emotions (e.g., anxiety) about the prospect of reading. Because of this, Dr. Bryant's research focuses on children with developmental language disorder and/or dyslexia, with the goal of identifying effective instructional practices that improve language and literacy skills while supporting their mental health.

Before joining the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, Dr. Bryant completed her doctoral training in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina. She enjoys arts and crafts and practicing yoga in her spare time.

Education

Ph.D., Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, 2026 

M.S., Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017 

B.A., English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015

Areas of Expertise

· Language development

· Developmental language disorder (DLD)

· Dyslexia

· Word reading

· Socioemotional aspects of communication disorders

Honors and Recognition

· 2024-2026, Ruth B. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health

· 2024, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, University of South Carolina

· 2023-2024 Predoctoral Training Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina Institutional Research Training Grant, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health

· 2023, Maternal Child Health Graduate Scholar, University of South Carolina

· 2023, Elaine M. Frank Endowed Fellowship Award, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina

· 2022, Two Thumbs Up Teaching Award, Student Disability Resource Center, University of South Carolina

· 2021, Arnold Fellowship, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

· 2015, Phi Beta Kappa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

· 2015, Honors in Creative Writing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

· 2012-2015, Honors Carolina Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

· 2011-2012, First Year Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

· 2011, Summer Study Abroad Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Experience

· 2026-present, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

· 2021-2026, Graduate Research Assistant and Predoctoral Fellow, University of South Carolina

· 2019-2021, Speech-Language Pathologist, Emerge Pediatric Therapy

· 2017-2019, Speech-Language Pathologist, Dymond Speech & Rehab

Memberships

· American Speech-Language-Hearing Association