Morgan Bryant

Majoring in English, History, Minoring in Women's And Gender Studies
Lindsey Wilson University, Class of 2026
From Shelbyville, KY

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Education

Lindsey Wilson University
Martha Layne Collins High School

Morgan in the News

Lindsey Wilson University Community Challenges Class of 2029 to Make History

The first class of Lindsey Wilson University students was welcomed to campus on Saturday, Aug. 23, and there were a lot of students to welcome. The final count will not be known until the end of August, but Lindsey Wilson's first class of freshmen and...

August, 24 2025 - Verified by Lindsey Wilson University

Shelby County Resident Presents Paper at Lindsey Wilson Symposium

Morgan Bryant '26 of Shelbyville presents her research at 2025 Spring Symp...

May, 01 2025 - Verified by Lindsey Wilson University

Lindsey Wilson College 'Orpheus' Literary Journal Features 53 Works of Art, Writing

It might be difficult to find an overriding theme in the 26th edition of the Lindsey Wilson College literary journal Orpheus, but it will not be hard to find something to enjoy. The latest edition of the student-edited journal, which spans 88 pages, f...

April, 29 2025 - Verified by Lindsey Wilson University

Lindsey Wilson College 'Orpheus' Literary Journal Features 53 Works Of Art, Writing | WAIN AM/FM | CBS Sports Radio | Columbia-KY

... “Black, Buzzing, Beguiled Spot,” a powerful short story by Morgan Bryant ’26 of Shelbyville, Kentucky. “The parameters are pretty wid...

April, 29 2025 - Verified by Lindsey Wilson University

Achievements Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning an academic award

Returning Begley Scholar Award

Spring 2025 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning an academic award

Boyd-Lubker Award - Best Fall Honors Symposium Presentation

Spring 2025 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning a scholarship

Alumni Walkaway Endowed Scholarship

Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning a spot on the Dean's List

Maintained a grade-point average of a 3.5 and above

Spring 2024 - Spring 2025 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning an academic award

Norma Dix Winston History Scholarship Award

Spring 2024 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning an academic award

Creative Writing Award from Orpheus

Spring 2024 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning a scholarship

Delorah Jewell Moore Endowed Scholarship - English Scholarship

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning a spot on the President's list

Maintained a grade-point average of a 4.0

Fall 2022 - Fall 2024 - Added by Morgan

Morgan Bryant was recognized for earning a scholarship

L. R. McDonald Scholarship

Fall 2022 - Spring 2025 - Added by Morgan

Activities

Sigma Tau Delta

Executive Board Member

Lindsey Wilson University

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History Club

Lindsey Wilson University

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Work Experience

Co-Editor In Chief at Alpha Kappa Phi - Lindsey Wilson Academic Journal

Worked alongside fellow Editor in Chief as well as an editorial staff in order to formulate, peer review, and produce a collegiate level Academic journal.

January 2025 - April 2025

History Tutor at Student Success Center Tutor

Aiding students through tutor work in a variety of both introductory and upper-level history courses.

August 2024 - Present

Editor at Orpheus - Lindsey Wilson Creative Journal

Worked alongside other editors to produce a collegiate creative writing/art journal.

August 2024 - April 2025

Editor at Alpha Kappa Phi - Lindsey Wilson Academic Journal

Worked alongside other editors to peer review and produce a collegiate level Academic Journal.

January 2024 - April 2024

Writing Consultant at Writing Center

Aid students in developing, honing, and feeling empowered in their writing skills.

August 2023 - Present

Assistant Manager at Hot Topic

Drove members of a diverse team to reach sales goals, hospitality, and maintain store cleanliness. Statistically maintained the highest sales/satisfaction/loyalty average in the sales district.

March 2021 - November 2023

Projects + Publications

Black, Buzzling, Beguiled Spot

A short story grappling with dealing not only a pest inside of a home, but also inside of the mind. This work was originally presented at the Sigma Tau Delta International Conference in Pittsburgh, PA (Spring 2025), and eventually published in Orpheus (Spring 2025), the literary magazine of Lindsey Wilson. It was also presented at the Spring 2025 Kara Mollis Conference on Women's and Gender Studies.

April 2025 - Presentations

History and Its Influence: Studies of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots

A historiographic analysis of how historians both during and after the reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots tell the history of these two queens, and how the historians own histories impact their telling. This paper was originally presented at the Spring 2024 Lindsey Wilson Honors Symposium and the 2025 Kentucky Honors Roundtable before being published.

April 2025 - Publications

Nowhereland

A short story surrounded by the concept of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.

April 2025 - Publications

The American Educational Truth

A poem that tackles with history in America, especially in the educational system.

April 2025 - Publications

Aren't I a Woman Now: Black Female Agency in the Reconstruction Era

This presentation focused on how Black women were the representation of what the era of American Reconstruction could have and did achieve, despite what other historians may perceive. This presentation was given at the Spring 2025 Honors Symposium.

April 2025 - Presentations

Sex Dolls, Masculinity, and Society: A Negotiated Reading of Lars and the Real Girl

This feminist film analysis looks at where the film Lars and the Real Girl succeeds on a feminist level, primarily the humanization of women and the positive de-objectification of women, but also where it falters on a men vs. mental health perspective. This was presented at the Fall 2024 Honors Symposium. This presentation earned the Boyd-Lubker award for best presentation at the Fall symposium.

November 2024 - Presentations

Portraits of Grief: The Exception to the Obituary Genre

An analysis of the New York Times' Portraits of Grief series, and how it's disruptive of the obituary genre both before and after the events of September 11th, 2001 continue to demonstrate the fundamental shift in American death culture in the early 21st century. This paper was presented at the Spring 2023 Honors Symposium before being published.

April 2024 - Publications

Mustardseed

A short story grappling with the intermixing of loneliness and observation. This short story won best creative short story from the Orpheus editorial staff.

December 2023 - Publications

A Dramaturgical Analysis of Samuel Hunter's The Whale

This analysis breaks down Samuel Hunter's contemporary play The Whale, and grapples not just the symbolism and importance of the story itself, but how the story has been performed since it's conception, as well as the now popular A24 film adaptation. This was presented at the Fall 2023 Honors Symposium.

November 2023 - Presentations

Analysis of Film: Which Ari Aster Film is Better, Hereditary or Midsommar?

A film analysis of Ari Aster's first two films, focusing on the concept on if there can be a 'objective' better piece of art, as well as what makes horror truly horrific. The paper was presented at the Fall 2022 Honors Symposium before being published.

April 2023 - Publications