Clifton D. Bryant (December 25, 1932 –
Blacksburg, Virginia, September 13, 2010) was an American
sociologist and Professor of Sociology at
Virginia Tech, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
[In memoriam: Clifton D. Bryant, professor emeritus of sociology](_blank)
at vtnews.vt.edu 09-09-2010.[C. Edie Palmer. "Clifton D. Bryant (1932–2010)," in: ''Routledge Handbook of Deviant Behavior.'' Clifton D. Bryant (ed.). p. xxix-xxx.] He was particularly noted for detecting "carnal computer and erotic cyberspace as an emerging research frontier" and his 1999 paper on "propagandizing pederasty."
Biography
Bryant obtained his BA in Sociology at the
University of Mississippi, his MA in Sociology at the
Louisiana State University and his Phd in Labor Economics at the
University of North Carolina.
Bryant had started his academic career at the
University of Georgia, and moved to Virginia Tech in 1972 where he was appointed Professor of Sociology. At Virginia Tech he chaired the Department of Sociology, and served until his retirement in 2007. Bryant was Professor at the
Millsaps College and at the
Western Kentucky University. He was visiting professor at the National Taiwan University, and at the Xavier University in Mindanao.
Bryant was awarded the Fulbright Summer Award twice, and inducted into the Honor Roll of Fame of the
Southern Sociological Society
The Southern Sociological Society (SSS) was established in 1935 by a group of colleagues in Knoxville, Tennessee in an organizational meeting April 20–21. This meeting emerged from an earlier gathering of Southern sociologists at the American So ...
, where he also had served as president.
He also served as president of the
Mid-South Sociological Association from 1981 to 1982 and received the association's Distinguished Career Award in 1991 and Distinguished Book Award in 2001 and 2004.
Selected publications
* Bryant, Clifton D. ''Deviant behavior: Occupational and organizational bases.'' Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 1974.
* Bryant, Clifton D., ed. ''Handbook of death and dying.'' Vol. 1. Sage, 2003.
* Bryant, Clifton D., and
Dennis L. Peck Dennis L. Peck (born 1942) is an American sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama, best known for his research on suicide, single-vehicle car accidents, and learning to cope with the last moments of life.
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, eds.
21st century sociology: a reference handbook'' Sage Publications, 2006.
Articles, a selection:
* Durkin, Keith F., and Clifton D. Bryant. ""Log on to sex": Some notes on the carnal computer and erotic cyberspace as an emerging research frontier." ''Deviant Behavior'' Volume 16, Issue 3, 1995: 179-200.
* Durkin, Keith F., and Clifton D. Bryant. "Propagandizing pederasty: A thematic analysis of the on-line exculpatory accounts of unrepentant pedophiles." Deviant Behavior 20.2 (1999): 103-127.
References
External links
In memoriam at vtnews.vt.edu
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1932 births
2010 deaths
American sociologists
University of Mississippi alumni
Louisiana State University alumni
University of North Carolina alumni
Virginia Tech faculty
Millsaps College faculty
Western Kentucky University faculty