Bryan Sebok

Bryan Sebok is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at Lewis & Clark College, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on narrative/documentary cinema, educational gaming, and media industry shifts driven by technology and authorship. He co-leads an NSF-funded project on earthquake preparedness via interactive games and designed educational video games like Cascadia 9.0. He also created Phish Tales, an oral history project on rock fandom. Sebok holds a BA (1999, North Carolina State University), MA (2002, Emory University), and PhD (2007, University of Texas at Austin).

• Education:
• PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2007
• MA, Emory University, 2002
• BA, North Carolina State University, 1999
• Research & Grants:
• NSF grant: Rehearsing Disaster: Understanding Earthquake Preparation Behavior in an Interactive Environment
• Co-designer of three educational video games
• Creator of Phish Tales: An Oral History Project
• Teaching:
• Courses include Media Theory, American Cinema Studies, and Documentary Form

His work bridges academic research with interactive media, emphasizing how technology shapes storytelling and disaster preparedness. He maintains active collaborations in interdisciplinary projects combining gaming, oral history, and media analysis.