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Bryan M. Conn

Title: Lecturer

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2010
    Major: English
    Specialization: 20th Century American and African-American Literature
    Dissertation: Savage Paradox: Race and Affects in Modern American Fiction
  • MA, Johns Hopkins University, 2006
    Major: English
  • BA, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
    Major: English
    Specialization: English and Comparative American Cultures with a concentration in African Diaspora Studies

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 1320.001First Year Writing IIFall 2024
ENGL 1321.001Honors First Year Writing IIFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.401Short StoryFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 2331.405World LiteratureFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 2331.499World LiteratureFall SDC 2024
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 1320.050First Year Writing IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1321.001Honors First Year Writing IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.800Short StorySpring 3W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.701World LiteratureSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.002Ethnic American LiteraturesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.002First Year Writing IIFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.003Short StoryFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.005World LiteratureFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.901World LiteratureFall SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.055First Year Writing IISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.701Short StorySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.800Short StorySpring 3W1 2023 Syllabus
ENGL 2331.701World LiteratureSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.002Ethnic American LiteraturesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.701Short StoryFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.701World LiteratureFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.702World LiteratureFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.901World LiteratureFall SDC 2022
ENGL 3450.702Short StorySummer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Ethnic American LiteraturesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.701Ethnic American LiteraturesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.701Short StorySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.751Short StorySpring 2022 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.800Short StorySpring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.701World LiteratureSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2326.001American LiteratureFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Ethnic American LiteraturesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StoryFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.001World LiteratureFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.701Short StorySummer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.701Ethnic American LiteraturesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.702Ethnic American LiteraturesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.701Short StorySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.800Short StorySpring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.900World LiteratureSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.002Ethnic American LiteraturesFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.005Short StoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2331.900World LiteratureFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySummer 5W2 2020 SPOT
ENGL 1320.067College Writing IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.071College Writing IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 2420.001Gender and Sexuality in LiteratureSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 4951.705Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2020
ENGL 3450.701Short StorySpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.751Short StorySpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.800Short StorySpring 3W1 2020
ENGL 2400.001Literature, Media, and Popular CultureFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StoryFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySummer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StorySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StorySpring 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.003Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.010Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3921.001African American LiteratureFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StoryFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySummer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.002Short StorySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2018
ENGL 3920.003Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.003Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.010Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3830.003American Literature to 1870Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.010College Writing IIFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.003Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.006Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3830.001American Literature to 1870Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.002Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.004Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2221.002Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3830.001American Literature to 1870Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.002Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.009Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSummer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3840.001American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.004Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.005Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2220.009Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.018College Writing IIFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2210.003Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2210.009Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3840.001American Literature 1870 to the PresentSummer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.037College Writing IISpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.051College Writing IISpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 3920.001Survey of Ethnic LiteraturesSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 2221.002Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 3840.002American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.003College Writing IIFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.012College Writing IIFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 2210.005Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700Fall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 3830.001American Literature to 1870Summer 5W2 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.026College Writing IISpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.060College Writing IISpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 2210.004Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early RenaissanceSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 3450.002Short StorySpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 4900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2014
ENGL 1320.003College Writing IIFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.009College Writing IIFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.019College Writing IIFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 2210.010Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early RenaissanceFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 3840.001American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.055College Writing IISpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.067College Writing IISpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 1321.001Honors Composition IISpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.025College Writing IIFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.027College Writing IIFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.030College Writing IIFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 2210.008Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early RenaissanceFall 2012 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Conn, B.M., Bynum, T. (2018). Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition. New York, Grey House Publishing.

    • Book Review

  • Conn, B.M. (2017). PIZZINO, CHRISTOPHER. Arresting Development: Comics at the Boundaries of Literature. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2016. 231 pp. $29.95 paperback.. Studies in the Novel. 49 (2) Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press. https://studiesinthenovel.org/index.html

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Andrea Hairston. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Charles Saunders. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Claudia Rankine. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Colson Whitehead. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Dwayne McDuffie. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Emily Raboteau. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Fran Ross. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Hannah Crafts. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Hilton Als. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Kyle Baker. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Mat Johnson. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Nnedi Okorafor. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Patricia Hill Collins. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Paul Beatty. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.
  • Conn, B.M. (2018). Ta Nehisi Coates. Encyclopedia of African-American Writing: Five Centuries of Contribution: Trials & Triumphs of Writers, Poets, Publications and Organizations, Third Edition.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Teaching

  • Mitra, M. (Co-Principal), Conn, B.M., Roelke, J.M., "World Literature Mentoring Group," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $2200 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
  • Conn, B.M., "CLEAR CDI 2017," sponsored by UNT Center for Learning, Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign, University of North Texas, $1250 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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