Dr. Brent Gibson
Job Title:
Professor of English
Phone:
(254) 295-4565
Email Address:
bgibson@umhb.edu
Subjects Taught:
Rhetoric, Composition, American Literature, British Literature, Literary Theory, and Literary Genre
Degrees Earned:
B.A., Abilene Christian University; M.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Baylor University
Resumé (CV):
Brent Gibson obtained a Ph.D. from Baylor University in 1999 and has been teaching in the English Department at UMHB since the fall of that year. Dr. Gibson teaches courses in Rhetoric and Composition, American Literature, British Literature, Literary Theory, and Literary Genre. He also teaches an upper-level interdisciplinary Honors Seminar each fall at UMHB. Dr. Gibson regularly presents papers at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association and at the Southwest Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. He has previously served as both Vice President and President of the latter organization. He also has served as Executive Secretary/Treasurer and as President of the Conference of College Teachers of English. Dr. Gibson has published a book entitled An Annotated Bibliography of Walt Whitman, 1976-1985 (Mellen Press), and has published three articles in the Walt Whitman Encyclopedia. He has also published an article on Cold Mountain in the journal Christianity and Literature.
