BRYAN, Ferald J. 1958-

PERSONAL: Born July 9, 1958, in Covington, GA; son of William Lane (in plastics manufacturing) and Ruby Dell Hinton (a textile worker) Bryan; married Heather Dawn Williams (divorced, February 1, 1990); children: Caleb Daniel. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Vermont, B.A., 1980; Northern Illinois University, M.A., 1982; University of Missouri, Ph.D., 1985. Politics: Democrat. Religion: United Methodist. Hobbies and other interests: Rare book collecting, golf.

ADDRESSES: Home—1119 North First St., DeKalb, IL 60115. Offıce—Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. E-mail—fbryan@niu.edu.

CAREER: Mount Union College, Alliance, OH, assistant professor of communications, 1985-88; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, assistant professor, 1988-94, associate professor of communications, 1994—.

MEMBER: National Communication Association, American Institute of Parliamentarians, Center for the Study of the Presidency.

WRITINGS:

Henry Grady or Tom Watson?: The Rhetorical Struggle for the New South, 1880-1890, Mercer University Press, 1994.

Contemporary American Speeches, Kendall/Hunt (Dubuque, IA), 1997.

(Editor, with Richard L. Johannesen, R. R. Allen, and Wil A. Linkugel) Contemporary American Speeches, ninth edition, Kendall/Hunt (Dubuque, IA), 2000.

Contributor to Philosophy and Rhetoric and Presidential Studies Quarterly.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on presidential rhetoric; rhetorical criticism and metaphor; and the history of American public address.

SIDELIGHTS: Ferald J. Bryan told CA: "As a native of the American rural south, I have always been fascinated with the power of the spoken word."