BRIAN S. SWEAT
Assistant Professor of English
Education:
M.A., Georgia College & State University, 2005
Thesis: “Batman, Bakhtin, and Beyond: Frank Miller's Batman and
the Dialogic Reimagining of the Superhero” (director: John D.
Cox), a Bakhtinian study of the Batman mythos as it shifts from a
capitalist-influenced monologic text to a multiform dialogic one in the
works of Frank Miller.
B.A., Georgia State University, 2000
A.A., Waycross College, 1996
Areas of Interest:
Victorian Literature; 19th-Century American Literature; Modernist and
Postmodernist Poetry, Science Fiction; Sequential Art; Animation;
Graphic Arts and Iconography; Film; Drama; Art History; Philosophy;
Postmodern Fiction; Metafiction; Mikhail Bakhtin; Marxist Criticism;
Epic Poetry; Symbolism in the Arts; Unity of the Arts; American
History; Media Studies, Genre Fiction; Character Archetypes; Kurt
Vonnegut; Herman Melville;
Teaching Experience:
2005-2010: Instructor of English, Waycross College; Learning
Support English, Freshman Composition, Introduction to Literature,
Survey of American Literature
2010 - Present: Assistant Pprofessor of English, Waycross College;
Learning Support English,
Freshman Composition, Introduction to Literature, American
Literature 1 and 2, Regents' Writing
Instructor, Creative Writing Class, Kids Camp, May 29 – June 1, 2006,
Waycross College
Instructor, Cult Film Class, Cont. Ed. Class, Feb 3 – June 1, 2006,
Waycross College
1995-96: English Tutor, Academic Support Center, Waycross College
Related Work Experience:
2003-05: Graduate Assistant, Department of University Communications,
Georgia College & State University
2002-03: Testing Lab Proctor, Academic Support Center, Waycross College
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Attended
30th Annual Learning Support Conference, Sea Palms Golf & Tennis
Resort, St Simons Island, GA
WebCT Vista I Training, January 4, 2006
Georgia College Press Association Press Institute, Macon GA,
February 3, 2007
Conference on College Literary and Visual Arts Magazines, ABAC, Tifton
GA, April 13, 2007
"A Framework for Student Mental Health and Violence Prevention." Magna
Online Seminar, July 10, 2007
Georgia Philological Association Annual Conference, May 20, 2011
Publications:
"Among The New Words" American Speech 78(2003): 434-438.
"City's Drug Menace Worsens." Waycross Journal-Herald 19 July
2006: P5.
"Revelations! O'Connor Symposium to Draw Hundreds to GC&SU."
Connection: The Magazine for Georgia College & State University
Alumni and Friends 12.2 (2003): 29.
"On the Grow! Chemistry and Physics Department Hits Growth
Spurt." Connection: The Magazine for Georgia College & State
University Alumni and Friends 13.2 (2004): 20.
"'Mickey Mouse' Internships: Business Students Thrive as Part of
the Prestigious Disney Program." Connection: The Magazine for Georgia
College & State University Alumni and Friends 13.2 (2004): 21.
"Architects of Change: Senior Event Lets Teachers-to-be Showcase
What They've Learned." Connection: The Magazine for Georgia College
& State University Alumni and Friends 13.2 (2004): 22.
"GC&SU Nursing Program Partners with Medical Center of
Central Georgia." Connection: The Magazine for Georgia College &
State University Alumni and Friends 13.2 (2004): 23
"Music Therapy Offers Innovative Master's Program." Connection:
The Magazine for Georgia College & State University Alumni and
Friends 13.2 (2004): 23
"GC&SU Wellness Depot Holding Grand Opening Today." Union
Recorder [Milledgeville] 4 Dec. 2003: 1+.
Other Accomplishments:
Fall 2006: Created first section of Survey of American Literature ever
offered at Waycross College.
Spring 2006: Instrumental in bringing forth first printed issue of
FoxPrints, Waycross College's Literary Magazine.
Spring 2006-present: Advisor, contributor, and copy editor to FoxPrints
Spring 2006-Fall 08: Advisor to Crossties, the Student Newspaper of
Waycross College, which recently won First Place in the Most Improved
and General Photography categories at the Georgia College Press
Association Awards.
Fall 2005-Fall 08: contributing cartoonist and writer for Crossties.
Fall 2007: Unofficial photographer and advertisement maker for Waycross
College.
Fall 2007: Hosted Jam Sessions for musicians each week.
Spring 2008: Created ArtKlub, a student organization dedicated to
supporting art and artists on campus.
Fall 2008: Protrayed Santa at WC event for children.
Fall 2008: Presented information session about Orson Welles’ “War of
the Worlds” radio broadcast to Kiwanis.
Spring 2009: Mock Trial Judge for area high school students.
Spring 2010: Facilitated ArtKlub trip to the High Museum in Atlanta to
see works by Da Vinci.
Spring 2011: Facilitated and contributed to "Exquisite Corpses" art
installation on campus.