A lecturer is no longer teaching classes at Texas State after a doctor shared explicit Facebook messages from him earlier this week.
In those messages, Bret Bryon, who was a lecturer in the Department of Organization, Workforce and Leadership Studies, wrote that she was a “Leftist,” “whore” and should be deported, alongside other expletives.
Bryon sent the messages to Dr. Dhivya Srinivasa, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in Los Angeles with no affiliation to Texas State University. She shared the screenshots on Tuesday evening and reposted them on Wednesday, tagging Texas State after confirming he was employed with the university.
“I’m sure it was specific to a post, but I post daily, and more recently, it has been sort of political commentaries,” Srinivasa said in an interview with The Star. “I’m sure it’s in response to one of those, I just don’t know which one.”
Texas State did not comment on whether Bryon was terminated or if he quit. Additionally, they did not comment on whether he’s only no longer teaching or if he’s completely removed from the university.
“As of Feb. 4, 2026, Bret Bryon is no longer teaching classes at Texas State University. Texas State University does not discuss personnel matters,” Jayme Blaschke, assistant director for the Office of Media Relations at Texas State, wrote in an email to The Star.
According to Graham Piro, faculty legal defense fund fellow at Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), faculty members at public institutions retain the First Amendment to speak as private citizens on matters of public concern, meaning speech can be related to political, social or other concerns to a larger community.
“However, that does not mean faculty are able to send messages that harass others or make true threats against others. Those standards for those unprotected categories of speech is very high,” Piro wrote in an email to The Star.
Piro stated that faculty are also able to make general criticisms about their institutions on social media, even if that brings negative attention to their institutions.
According to his now removed faculty profile, Bryon is a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commissioned officer with a Bachelor of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a Master of Education from Texas State. He is also listed as a co-principal on a $24,000 grant funded from Dec. 8, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2026.
“Is he still there in a research capacity?” Srinivasa said. “…The university knows, I expect them to take whatever action they feel is appropriate. I do think he should be fired, but whatever they decide, they decide.”
According to syllabi from HB 2504, Bryon was teaching four classes this semester, including Aerodynamics, Aviation Safety, Operations Risk Management and Aviation Weather. The website now states that these classes are taught by Donald Wimp, another lecturer in the Department of Organization, Workforce and Leadership Studies.
In 2022, Manor ISD investigated Bryon for anti-vaccination and explicit tweets allegedly posted on his now-deleted X account.
Bryon did not respond to requests for comment from The University Star.
