Brian Harrell

Brian Harrell serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Akron, teaching first-year composition through both synchronous distance learning platforms and traditional classroom instruction.

His research spans critical intersections of digital culture and human experience:

• elearning methodologies and virtual pedagogy
• Web 2.0 social dynamics
• social media communication frameworks
• visual rhetoric in digital spaces
• death narrative construction across cultural contexts

His publication in pediatric palliative care demonstrates how narrative analysis bridges literary studies and healthcare communication, particularly examining spousal perspectives in end-of-life scenarios for children. This work reflects his broader focus on how digital and narrative frameworks shape human experiences of mortality.