Bryan Giemza

Bryan Giemza, Ph.D., J.D., is a Professor of Humanities and Literature at Texas Tech University's Honors College since 2019. He also serves as the 2022-2023 Provost's Fellow for Outreach and Engagement, and created the campus-wide resilience initiative Creating Livable Futures. Previously, he directed the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• Interdisciplinary expertise in American studies, literature, and history
• Specializes in environmental law, information science, and community-engaged scholarship
• Recipient of multiple teaching and writing awards
• Principal investigator for grants from Mellon Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities

His research focuses on transdisciplinary communication, including AI, misinformation, and climate change narratives. He is actively involved in archival projects like the Archivist in a Backpack initiative and collaborates with the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum.

• Author/editor of 7 academic books and 30+ articles
• Received SAMLA Studies Award for literary history work
• Finalist for Doris Betts Prize in Fiction
• Developed innovative courses like In Search of Texas Beauty