1. Joe E. Bryan Jr.
joebryanjr@hotmail.com
828-719-0282
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Background includes experience in and academic preparation for designing and teaching Culture classes, online
classes, classes in Analytical Reading of English, British Literature Surveys, American Literature Surveys,
Drama Surveys, Leadership Development and all levels of Freshman Composition. Also developed course
outline for and taught Professional Communications. Extensive experience in project coordination, Faculty
Coordination, Student Advising, Faculty Training, and service on committees and task forces. Prior to entry into
University studies in 1985, I had a full, ten-year career in Restaurant management with experience in all
positions from Director of Operations to Dishwasher (see Business Management below).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Watauga Residential College of Appalachian State University, July 2013-Present
Full-time Culture Studies Professor
Courses Immigration and Culture WRC 1103
Taught: Becoming Chinese WRC 1104
Writing Across the Curriculum WRC 2001
Work as Art WRC 3402
Poetry, Song, Rap WRC 3302
Appalachian State University, Boone NC, July 2012-2013
Full-time English Professor
Courses English Composition 1000
Taught: English Composition 0900
English Composition 2001
Xiamen University, Tan Kah Kee College, Fujian Province, China, Fall
2009- July 2012
Courses American Literature
Taught: British Literature I and II
American Culture
Yang-En University, Fujian Province, China, Fall 2008- Spring 2009
Courses Advanced English for Senior English Majors
Taught: Level 4 Writing
El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas, Fall 1994 – Spring 2008.
Earned Tenure, Fall 1999.
British Literature Survey- ENG 2322 and 2323
Introduction to Drama - ENG 2343
Introduction to the Novel and Short Story - ENG 2342
Courses Introduction to Drama - ENG 2343 Online (WebCT)
Taught: Leadership Development - ENG 3298 (Special Topic)
Research and Critical Writing - ENG 1302
Expository English Composition - ENG 1301 Online (WebCT)

2. Research and Critical Writing - ENG 1302 Online (WebCT)
Basic English Composition - ENG 0310 (Developmental)
Developmental English Composition- ENG 3115
Expository English Composition - ENG 1301
Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1993-1994.
Courses English Composition and Rhetoric - ENG 151
Taught: English Composition and Analysis - ENG 152
Professional Communication for Vocational and Technical Students - ENG 1101
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1991 - 1993.
Courses English Composition and Rhetoric - ENG 101
Taught: English Composition: Analysis and Argument - ENG 102
Survey of Viking Sagas - ENG 450
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 1988-1991.
Courses Introduction to Literature Survey - ENG 1100
Taught: English Composition - ENG 1000
Developmental Composition - ENG 0900
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Rose and Thistle Ltd., Director of Operations, Huntington, New York, July 1983 to October
1984.
Position Responsible for Formulating and Implementing Policies and Procedures for two unit company.
Held: In Charge of Management Hiring and Training. Approximate volume of one million dollars per
unit/year.
Specialty Restaurants Inc. 57th Fighter Group, General Manager, Atlanta, Georgia, October
1982 to June 1983.
Position In Charge of all Restaurant Operations. Approximate volume two million dollars per year.
Held:
Specialty Restaurants Inc. Baby Doe's Matchless Mine, Assistant Manager, Birmingham,
Position Alabama September 1982 to October 1982.
Held: Assisted General Manager in Overall Operations. Approximate volume two million.
Specialty Restaurants Inc. 101st Airborne Restaurant, Manager, Nashville , Tennessee,
January 1982 to September 1982.
Position Restaurant -opening Manager in charge of Dining Room Staffing, Training and Operation.
Held: Moved to Bar Management after four months.
Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, Assistant Manager, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1981 to October
1981.
Position Completed one month Management Training Program. In charge of Waiters, Bussers, and
Held: Hostesses. In charge of Kitchen for three months.
Host International Inc. Barley Mow Restaurant, Assistant Manager, Washington, D.C.,
October 1979 to March 1980.
Position In charge of Waiters, Bussers, and Cocktail Servers. Assumed responsibility for Kitchen
Held: Operations and costing when Kitchen Manager resigned.

3. Victoria Station Inc., Assistant Manager and Kitchen Manager, Larkspur, California,
December 1975 to October 1979.
Position Managed in eight locations and was involved in four openings. Also completed both Assistant
Held: and Kitchen Management Training Programs. Volume ranged from two to four million per unit
per year.
RELATED MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Ruby Tuesday Assistant Management Training Program.
Victoria Station Assistant Management Training Program.
Victoria Station Kitchen Management Training Program.
Organizational Dynamics Inc. Management-by Objectives Seminar.
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico, PhD courses completed, 1993 (PhD Unfinished, ABD). Academic
Emphases: Critical Theory and British Literature.
Dissertation topic: “Foucault’s Paradigms of Power in Milton’s Paradise Lost.”
(Dissertation Incomplete)
Appalachian State University, M.A., 1991. Academic Emphases: Critical Theory and
British Literature, GPA 3.93.
Master's Thesis: Tragedy and Narrative Structure: The Novels of Charles Dickens. Boone, NC:
Appalachian UP, 1991.
Appalachian State University, B.A., 1988. Academic Major: English Language and
Literature. Academic Minor: Philosophy and Religion, Cum Laude.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Yang-En Gazette, English Editor, 2008
Yang-En University TEFL Program Teacher 2008- Present
EPCC English Department Pilot Program Committee, 2006-2008
EPCC English Department Faculty Coordinator, 2003 - 2005.
EPCC English Department Textbook Committee, member, 2003-2008.
El Paso Community College Wellness Coordinator, 2000-2003.
El Paso Community College Wellness Newsletter Editor, 2001-2003.
El Paso Community College Faculty Newsletter Editor, 2001-2003.
Southwest Seminar for Great Teaching Organizing Committee, 1995-2003.
Transmountain Film Committee; Chair, 1994 - 1995.
Professional Development Committee; member, 1994-1997; Chair, 1997-1998.
Spring Arts Festival Committee Coordinator, 1995-2000.
Special Projects Committee; member, 1994 -1997; Chair, 1997 - 1999.
El Paso Community College Critical Thinking Project; Creator and Coordinator, 1995 - 1997.
Recruitment Committee; member, 1995 - 1996.
Honors Faculty Member, 1995 - 1997
Faculty Retreat Planning Committee; member, 1995 - 1998.
Senior Program Volunteer, 1995 - 1999.
ACE Ethics and Values Committee; member, 1997 -1998.

4. ACE Classroom Teaching Committee; member, 1997 - 1998.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Faculty Advisor, 1995-1998.
Wellness Weekend Planning Committee; member 1995 - 1996.
Quadricentennial Celebration Committee; Advisor to President; 1996 - 1997.
Quadricentennial Fair Committee; Coordinator, 1996 - 1997.
Udall Scholarship Search Committee; Chair, 1997 - 1998.
Environmental Awareness Committee; member, 1995 - 1998.
EPCC Team Wellness; member, 1995 - 1996.
EPCC Code of Ethics Task Force; member, 1999 - 2000.
EPCC Foundation Advisory Council; member 1999 - 2000.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2005
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2003
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2001
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 1999
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 1998
El Paso Energy Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998
NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998
Phi Theta Kappa Horizon Award, 1998
TEACHING PREPARATION
Teaching with WebCT, Online teaching preparation, EPCC, 2005.
"Teaching Critical Thinking," Denver, 1995.
"Studies in Rhetoric for Teachers," University of New Mexico, 1992.
"Studies in Rhetoric for Teachers," University of New Mexico, 1992.
"Tutoring in the University Writing Center," Appalachian State University, 1990.
Graduate Assistant Mentor Program, Appalachian State University, 1989-1991.
"Practicum in Teaching Developmental Composition," Appalachian State University, 1988-89.
PRESENTATIONS
Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking, Tan Kah Kee College of Xiamen University, 2011
Western-Style Teaching in a Chinese Classroom, TEFL workshop series at Yang-En University,
Fall 2008.
Critical Thinking 9 Workshops for EPCC Faculty Development; EPCC
Campuses, 1995 - 1997.
Critical Thinking Workshops for Region 19 Schools; Area High, Middle, and Elementary
Schools, 1995 - 1998.
Critical Thinking Workshops for Southwest Seminar for Great Teaching; Ruidoso, 1995 - 1997.
“Critical Thinking in the Public School Classroom” for PETE Program at EPCC; March, 1996.
“Critical Thinking” Workshop for Texas Council of Teachers of English Conference; El Paso,
Spring, 1996.

5. Critical Thinking Presentation for Public Service and Technology Division at EPCC; September,
1996.
“Integrating Critical Thinking: Panel Discussion” for SCA Conference; San Diego, Nov. 1996.
“Working Class, Upper Class and the Composition Classroom” paper for CCCC Conference;
Phoenix, March, 1997.
“Critical Thinking: Strategies for Changing Times” for NISOD Conference; Austin, May, 1997.
“Questioning Classroom Practices” Workshop for Faculty Retreat; May, 1997.
ACE Ethics and Values Workshop Facilitator at EPCC; November, 1997.
“Classroom and College-Wide Issues Related to Homosexuality: Panel Discussion” for Faculty
Development, August, 1997; January, 1998.
“From Eye Rolls, Heavy Sighs and Ringing Cell Phones to Temper Tantrums and Verbal Threats
- Interventions and Preventions in College Classrooms” for Faculty Development, August, 1998;
January 1999.
""Spenser's Arthur: Failed Father Figure," presented at Southwest Symposium; University of
New Mexico, April, 1993.
Milton's Satan as Radical Feminist," presented at Southwest Symposium; University of New
Mexico, March, 1992.

6. Critical Thinking Presentation for Public Service and Technology Division at EPCC; September,
1996.
“Integrating Critical Thinking: Panel Discussion” for SCA Conference; San Diego, Nov. 1996.
“Working Class, Upper Class and the Composition Classroom” paper for CCCC Conference;
Phoenix, March, 1997.
“Critical Thinking: Strategies for Changing Times” for NISOD Conference; Austin, May, 1997.
“Questioning Classroom Practices” Workshop for Faculty Retreat; May, 1997.
ACE Ethics and Values Workshop Facilitator at EPCC; November, 1997.
“Classroom and College-Wide Issues Related to Homosexuality: Panel Discussion” for Faculty
Development, August, 1997; January, 1998.
“From Eye Rolls, Heavy Sighs and Ringing Cell Phones to Temper Tantrums and Verbal Threats
- Interventions and Preventions in College Classrooms” for Faculty Development, August, 1998;
January 1999.
""Spenser's Arthur: Failed Father Figure," presented at Southwest Symposium; University of
New Mexico, April, 1993.
Milton's Satan as Radical Feminist," presented at Southwest Symposium; University of New
Mexico, March, 1992.