Bryan Blankfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence, Communication Studies
Biography
Bryan Blankfield (Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University) is an associate professor in residence of communication studies in the Honors College. His research and teaching specialties include animal studies, civic engagement, presidential rhetoric, and rap music. His scholarship has appeared in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, and various edited collections. He is a recipient of the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award (2023). Bryan is an active participant in many service activities at UNLV. He has represented the Honors College in Faculty Senate since 2018 and served as a senior senator since 2019. In 2023-2024, he served as a member of the Faculty Senate’s Executive Committee. He has served on job searches as a search advocate, thereby ensuring that the hiring process proceeds in an inclusive and equitable manner. He also runs bEATS, a music appreciation group for Honors students. As of January 2024, 150 albums have been discussed in bEATS. In his free time, Bryan enjoys spending time with his wife, admiring the birds that frequent his bird bath, and rehabilitating discounted plants from Lowe’s.
Honors Courses taught:
- HON 101 – Public Speaking
- HON 410 – The Modalities of Citizenship
- HON 410 – Presidential Leadership: Deeds Done in Words and Images
- HON 410 – Pets, Property, or Persons? Tracking “the Animal” in Human Societies
- HON 410 – Graphic Medical Stories
- HON 410 – The Politics of Rap
- HON 410 – The Art of Public Memory: Past, Present, and Future
- HON 410 – Becoming the President: The Rhetoric of Political Campaigns
- HON 440 – The Women of Hip Hop
- HON 496 – Honors Service-Learning