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For Bryant University media inquiries, please contact the University Marketing and Communications office at (401) 232-6107 or email Peter Kerwin, associate director of public relations. 

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Faculty Experts 

Please contact Peter Kerwin, associate director of public relations, if you would like to get in touch with one of our faculty members.

• Sharmin Attaran, Ph.D. Expertise: marketing, social media marketing, digital marketing strategies, digital transformation, AI tools in marketing, sustainability marketing, consumber behavior, misinformation and digital literacy. Co-author of The Little Black Book of Social Media Marketing. Professor of Marketing. Media Coverage: Business Insider, Marketwatch, Authority Magazine, WalletHub
• Loring Barnes, APR, Fellow PRSA. Expertise: crisis communications, organizational (and leadership) change, front-line COVID response, public policy, and governmental operations. Adjunct Faculty, Entrepreneurism and Marketing. Media Coverage: Boston Globe, The Street, Entrepreneur, CBS, and FOX
• Stefanie Boyer, Ph.D. Expertise: marketing, sales, digital marketing, ethical AI in business. Co-author of The Little Black Book of Social Media Marketing. Professor of Marketing and co-founder of RNMKS, an AI-driven platform for assessing and training sales talent. Media Coverage: Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Government Technology, Yahoo Finance, Boston Globe, WalletHub
• Allison Butler, Ph.D. Expertise: design thinking, educational psychology, child & adolescent development, psychological testing & assessment. Professor of Psychology and Director of Bryant's IDEA (Innovation and Design Thinking For All) Program. Media Coverage: CNBC, CNBC, Inside Higher Ed, ABC6
• Kristie Dejesus. Expertise: entrepreneurship. Director of Center for Entrepreneurship and Design Thinking. Media Coverage: Providence Business News.
• Mara Derderian. Expertise: financial planning, financial management, risk management, women in finance, “finfluencers.” Lecturer, finance. Media Coverage: 19^th News, CBS Money Watch
• Rick Gorvett, Ph.D. Expertise: actuarial applications of economic theory and financial mathematics, enterprise risk management, and predictive modeling. Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Mathematics and Economics. Media Coverage: Bankrate, The Conversation, Minneapolis Star Tribune, NPR and Quartz
• Ray Grigelevich, MBA '00, BS '91. Expertise: COVID-response financial recovery programs, commercial banking, and financial management. Adjunct Faculty, Finance.
• Terri Hasseler, Ph.D. Expertise: creativity, teaching practices, cultures in crisis, Irish literature, gothic literature, film. Professor, history, literature and the arts. Media Coverage: University Business, Wall Street Journal.
• Tristan Hightower, Ph.D. Expertise: interest groups, political polarization, Congressional performance, political parties and elections. Assistant professor, politics, law and society. Media Coverage: Deseret News, CBS Atlanta.
• Kirsten Hokeness, Ph.D. Expertise: immunology, virology, microbiology, and human health and disease. Professor and Chair of Science and Technology. Media Coverage: ABC News, STAT, Newsweek, Parade, Salon.com, NBC News, Forbes, USA Today, Huffington Post, and WPRI-TV
• Denise Horn, Ph.D. Expertise: NGOs, foreign policy, feminist international relations theory, Asian politics, global family planning policies, global social entrepreneurship. Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. Media Coverage: Associated Press
• Allison Kaminaga, Ph.D. Expertise: economics, economic indicators. Lecturer, mathematics and economics. Media Coverage: CNET, Bankrate
• Jongsung Kim, Ph.D. Expertise: economics of immigration, aging population, and discrimination; labor economics; econometrics; and current affairs of East Asian economy. Professor of Economics. Media Coverage: The Boston Globe
• Heather Lacey, Ph.D. Expertise: cognitive psychology, judgment & decision making, health-related decision making, risk perception. Associate Professor of Psychology.
• 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. Media Coverage: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and The Hill
• Kevin Maloney, Ph.D. Expertise: fixed income, derivatives, portfolio management, alternative investments, divestment issues. Lecturer and Department Chair, Finance. Media Coverage: Chronicle of Higher Education, Associated Press.
• Teresa McCarthy, Ph.D. Expertise: supply chain management (fashion / retail), global sourcing, and forecasting. Associate Professor of Marketing. 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. Media Coverage: NPR, Stat, Axios, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Fox News, ABC News, NBC News, USA Today
• 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. 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. Media Coverage: Drug Discovery World, Infection Control Today, The Valley Breeze
• Michael Roberto, D.B.A. Expertise: organizational management, strategic decision-making processes, leadership, and creativity. Trustee Professor of Management. Media Coverage: Wired, Bloomberg's Odd Lots, Fast Company, Forbes, CNBC, Medium, and Freakonomics Radio
• Jerrica Rowlett, Ph.D. Expertise: social media, digital culture, digital inequity, identity, civic engagement. Assistant Professor, Communication and Language Studies. Media Coverage: Forbes, Fortune
• Kristin Scaplen, Ph.D. Expertise: neuroscience, neurocircuits and alcohol addiction. Assistant Professor of Psychology. Media Coverage: NPR, Discover Magazine, Boston Globe, Providence Business News, GHB’s All Things Considered
• Edinaldo Tebaldi, Ph.D. Expertise: applied econometrics, economic development, and international economics. Professor of Economics. Media Coverage: U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, and Providence Business News
• Joseph Trunzo, Ph.D. Expertise: psychology, health psychology, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Lyme Disease. Professor of Psychology. Media Coverage: HuffPost, Healthline, Healthline, New York Times, Healthnews, USA Today, Providence Business News, Healthday, and Psychology Today
• Sukki Yoon, Ph.D. Expertise: consumer behavior and psychology, marketing communications and research, digital and social marketing, and international advertising. Professor of Marketing. Media Coverage: WalletHub, Quirks Media, Forbes and Adweek
• Srdan Zdravkovic, Expertise: marketing research, marketing strategy, international marketing strategy, international business, cross-cultural consumer behavior, and Central and East European affairs. Professor of Marketing. Media Coverage: Providence Business News, WalletHub

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