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For Bryant University media inquiries, contact the Office of University Relations at 401-232-6932 (Public Relations), 401-232-6120 (main department number), or ccooper@bryant.edu. For media inquiries and coverage of Bryant Bulldog athletics, please contact the Athletics Communications office.  

Bryant University News

Visit news.bryant.edu for the latest news stories and press releases. 

Bryant University coronavirus (COVID-19) updates

For information about coronavirus and the University's response and policy updates, please refer to https://covid.bryant.edu

Faculty Experts 

Please contact Cecilia Cooper, Director of Public Relations, if you would like to get in touch with one of our faculty members.

• Robert Jay Amrien, MPAS, PA-C. Expertise: public health, role of the physician assistant, and cardiac medicine. Founding Program Director and Clinical Associate Professor for Bryant University’s Physician Assistant program. Media Coverage: Providence Business News

• Loring Barnes, APR, Fellow PRSA. Expertise: crisis communications, organizational (and leadership) change, front-line COVID response, public policy, and governmental operations. Adjunct Faculty at Bryant University, Entrepreneurism and Marketing. Media Coverage: Boston Globe, The Street, Entrepreneur, CBS, and FOX

• Allison Butler, Ph.D. Expertise: design thinking, educational psychology, child & adolescent development, psychological testing & assessment. Professor of Psychology at Bryant University and Director of Bryant's IDEA (Innovation and Design Thinking For All) Program. Media Coverage: ABC6

• Rick Gorvett, Ph.D. Expertise: actuarial applications of economic theory and financial mathematics, enterprise risk management, and predictive modeling. Professor of Mathematics at Bryant University. Media Coverage: NPR and Quartz

• Michael Gravier, Ph.D. Expertise: global supply chain management and global trade. Professor of Marketing at Bryant University. Media Coverage: Fortune, Adweek, and is a regular columnist for Supply Chain Management Review

• Ray Grigelevich, MBA '00, BS '91. Expertise: COVID-response financial recovery programs, commercial banking, and financial management. Adjunct Faculty at Bryant University, Finance.

• Kirsten Hokeness, Ph.D. Expertise: immunology, virology, microbiology, and human health and disease. Professor and Chair of the Department of Science and Technology at Bryant University. Media Coverage: NBC News, Forbes, USA Today, Huffington Post, and WPRI-TV

• Heather Lacey, Ph.D. Expertise: cognitive psychology, judgment & decision making, health-related decision making, risk perception. Associate Professor of Psychology at Bryant University.

• David Louton, Ph.D. Expertise: investment strategy, financial markets technology and innovation, asset allocation, mutual funds, options market models, investor behavior, and applications of computational linguistics and machine learning models to investment analysis. Professor of Finance at Bryant University. Media Coverage: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and The Hill 

• Teresa McCarthy, Ph.D. Expertise: supply chain management (fashion / retail), global sourcing, and forecasting. Associate Professor of Marketing at Bryant University. Media Coverage: The Wall Street Journal

• Christopher Morse, Ph.D. Expertise: risk and crisis communication, crisis management, health communication, uncertainty management, information seeking. Professor of Communication at Bryant University. 

• Peter Nigro, Ph.D. Previously worked at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Expertise: the Fed, markets, financial saving, credit risk, and fair lending issues. Professor of Finance and the Sarkisian Chair in Financial Services at Bryant University. Media Coverage: Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, MarketWatch, Adweek, International Business Times, and Providence Business News

• Christopher Reid, Ph.D. Expertise: chemistry, biochemistry, carbohydrate-acting enzymes, biotechnology, microbiology, glycobiology, analytical biochemistry, chemical genomics. Associate Professor of Science and Technology at Bryant University. Media Coverage: Yahoo! Finance and The Valley Breeze

• Michael Roberto, D.B.A. Expertise: organizational management, strategic decision-making processes, leadership, and creativity. Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University. Media Coverage: Forbes, CNBC, Medium, Freakonomics Radio, and Investor’s Business Daily

• Edinaldo Tebaldi, Ph.D. Expertise: applied econometrics, economic development, and international economics. Professor of Economics at Bryant University. Media Coverage: U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, Financial Times, and Providence Business News

• Joseph Trunzo, Ph.D. Expertise: psychology, health psychology, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Lyme Disease. Professor of Psychology at Bryant University. Media Coverage: Yahoo Lifestyle, Psychology Today, and Aeon Magazine 

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• Advance permission is required to be on campus, enter classrooms, libraries, laboratories or similar facilities 

• Residence halls are not open to news media;

• Because photo/video/television equipment could interfere with traffic or University activities, advance permission is required from the Office of University Relations to photograph, videotape or broadcast live from campus. Permission for exterior shots is generally granted as long as it does not interfere with University operations. 

• All commercial non-news photography or videotaping must be approved in advance by the Office of University Relations

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