Clifton D. Bryant

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. 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.

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, 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.