Bryant’s Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are accomplished scholars whose research is published in top journals and publications and at prestigious conferences around the world.
These world-class scholars are committed to and passionate about advancing the study and practice of the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and the natural and applied sciences. Their work offers ever-expanding perspective and analysis on the world around us and demonstrates the value academic research plays in improving lives.
"In addition to research and teaching, their dedicated service makes a difference to Bryant students and to the growth and reputation of the institution.”
“Our faculty are incredibly dedicated and passionate about what they do. I am inspired by this every day. In addition to research and teaching, their dedicated service makes a difference to Bryant students and to the growth and reputation of the institution,” says Wendy Samter, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and scholar who studies the social, emotional, and physical outcomes of social cognition and communication in intimate relationships.
“They also lead efforts beyond the scope of their disciplines to educate students, government, nonprofit, and corporate leaders, as well as individuals at institutions and organizations around the world.”
Many of Bryant’s signature academic programs and centers, including the Honor’s program, IDEA (Innovation and Design Experience for All program), the Center for Health and Behavioral Sciences, the Center for Global and Regional Economic Studies, and Bryant’s Living and Learning Communities, are led by faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences. They are also renowned experts and thought leaders who are often sought after by regional and national media for their insights and perspectives.
Here are selected highlights of College of Arts and Sciences faculty research and publishing over the last two years.
Katayoun Alidadi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History and Social Sciences
The Oxford Handbook of Law and Anthropology
December 2020
“Anti-Discrimination Rules and Religious Minorities in the Workplace”
Aziz Berdiev, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics
Atlantic Economic Journal
March 2019
“Globalization and Informal Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Country Analysis”
Andrea Boggio, J.S.D., Professor of Legal Studies
The CRISPR Journal
June 2019
“The Human Right to Science and the Regulation of Human Germline Engineering”
Nature Communications
May 2019
“Germline ban and human-rights law”
Drea Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English and Cultural Studies
About Place Journal
October 2020
Bellingham Review
April 2021
"New Years' Ghosts"
Hypatia Journal of Feminist Philosophy
Accepted and to be published
"Conjuring the Ghost: A Call and Response to Haints"
Zocalo Public Square
May 2020
"A Poem that Would Not Let Me Go: Finding Kinship in Phillis Wheatley"
Allison Butler, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Director of the Bryant IDEA Program
Research-Technology Management
July 2018
“When Cognition Interferes with Innovation: Overcoming Cognitive Obstacles to Design Thinking”
Jeffrey Cabusao, Ph.D., Professor of English and Cultural Studies
International Journal of Diaspora & Cultural Criticism
January 2021
“Diasporic Blues Imagination: Filipino Becoming and African American Solidarity”
Maura Coughlin, Ph.D., Professor of English and Cultural Studies
Charles & Paul Géniaux: la Photographie, un Destin
October 2019
"La Paludière de Billiers," "Le Garçon de Ploubazlanec," "La Sardinerie''
Dix-Neuf Journal of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes
November 2019
"Gleaning the Tideline: Elodie La Villette’s Ecocritical Painting"
Amber Day, Ph.D., Professor of English and Cultural Studies
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Winter 2020
"Asking for It: Rape Myths, Satire, and Feminist Lacunae"
Janet Dean, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of English and Cultural Studies
Studies in American Indian Literature
Spring/Summer 2020
"Getting on with Things: Ojibwe Ontology and Relationality in Louise Erdrich’s The Painted Drum"
Rick Gorvett, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics
Casualty Actuarial Society
Winter 2020
“Communicating in Crisis Situations”
Kirsten Hokeness, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Science and Technology, Director of Bryant’s Center for Health and Behavioral Sciences
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
July 2020
Jongsung Kim, Ph.D., Professor of Economics
Review of Development Economics
May 2019
“Persistence and determinants of income inequality: The Brazilian case”
Martha Kuhlman, Ph.D., Professor of English and Cultural Studies
INKS: Journal of the Comics Studies Society
Summer 2019
"The Avant-Garde Aesthetic of Vojtech Masek"
Heather Lacey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
June 2020
Qin Leng, Ph.D., Professor of Science and Technology
Nature Communications
April 2019
“800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau”
Christopher Morse, Ph.D., Professor of Communication
Casualty Actuarial Society
Winter 2020
“Communicating in Crisis Situations”
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
July 2020
Robert Muksian, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Journal of the American Association of Individual Investors
October 2020
Alex Perullo, Ph.D., Professor of English and Cultural Studies
Oxford University Press
2020
Christopher Reid, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science and Technology
PLoS One (Public Library of Science)
September 2020
Kristin Scaplen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology
eLife Sciences Publications
February 2021
“Transsynaptic mapping of Drosophila mushroom body output neurons”
Melissa Michal Slocum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English and Cultural Studies
Arkana: A Literary Journal of Mysteries and Marginalized Voices
Winter 2019
"The Wait"
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Ph.D., Professor of Economics; Director of the Bryant Honors Program; and Faculty Fellow and Executive Director of Institution Effectiveness and Strategy
Review of Development Economics
May 2019
“Persistence and determinants of income inequality: The Brazilian case”
Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council
February 2021 (Quarterly)
“Rhode Island Economic Indictor Briefing”
Julie Volkman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication
Casualty Actuarial Society
Winter 2020
“Communicating in Crisis Situations”
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
July 2020
Nanci Weinberger, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Psi Chi: Journal of Psychological Research
with Ryan Brown '17
"Anything He Can Do, She Can Do Better: Children's Attitudes About Gender and Occupations"
Psychology in the Schools
January 2021
“You’re brave, I’ll be your friend: Children’s evaluations of peers with cancer”
Hong Yang, Ph.D., Professor of Science and Technology
Nature Communications
April 2019
“800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau”
