Bryan Sebok
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies
Bryan Sebok is a media scholar and filmmaker whose work focuses on narrative and documentary cinema as well as educational gaming. Professor Sebok’s published works explore shifts in the media industry centered around technological change, authorship, and genre. He is co-principal investigator on an NSF funded research grant, “Rehearsing Disaster: Understanding Earthquake Preparation Behavior in an Interactive Environment” and is co-designer of three educational video games. Sebok is also the creator of “Phish Tales: An Oral History Project”, the first oral history project centered around rock and roll music fandom. He enjoys live concerts at The Gorge and MSG, and is always looking for spare NYE tickets.
The first earthquake video game, Cascadia 9.0, can be accessed here: cascadia9game.org
Academic Credentials
BA (1999) North Carolina State University
MA (2002) Emory University
PhD. (2007) University of Texas at Austin
Teaching
- RHMS 100 INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC AND MEDIA STUDIES
- RHMS 200 MEDIA DESIGN AND CRITICISM
- RHMS 302 MEDIA THEORY
- RHMS 425 AMERICAN CINEMA STUDIES
- RHMS 325 DOCUMENTARY FORM
- RHMS 390 NARRATIVE FORM
- ELI 280 COMMUNICATING A VISION