Professional Summary
Stephen Bryant is a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. His subfields are International Relations and Comparative Politics. He is also pursuing a doctoral concentration in Feminist Comparative International Politics.
Stephen has a Master of Arts in International Relations from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Development from Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Education
Masters of Arts : American University Washington, D.C., 2021 (International Relations)
Bachelors of Arts: Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory, NC, 2018 (Religious Development)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
David Niven, Stephen Bryant, Francesca Gottardi, Yorkow Oppon-Acquah, and Mustafa Sagir (2023. ) Personal Belief Versus Universal Truth: Religion Rhetoric in Death Penalty Policy Debates in the United States . Social Science Journal, ,
Michael Loadenthal and Stephen Bryant (2026. ) Solidarity Means Attack: Communiqués, anti-authoritarian direct action, and the counter-info network (2020-2024) .Journal for the Study of Radicalism, ,
Stephen Bryant and Michael Loadenthal (2025. ) Remembering the Past within the Present: Military Video Releases of Palestinian Islamic Jihad .Perspectives on Terrorism, , 19 (3 ) ,47-65
Stephen Bryant and Prateek Srivastava (2025. ) Population Growth and Global Migration .in Introducing Global Issues, , 8th edition, edited by Michael Snarr ,
Other Publications
Stephen Bryant (2023. ) Review of Md Saidul Islam and Nazrul Islam, Islam and Democracy in South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh .Religion, 53 (1 ) ,
Additional Publications
Honors and Awards
2026 -2027 Niehoff Center for Film & Media Studies Fellowship Project titled: Unmanned Moral Forces in Africa: Drones and the Image-Making of Information Autocrats (with Omer Özkan) Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
2026 -2027 Niehoff Center for Film & Media Studies Fellowship Project titled: Extremism, Media, and Digital Communication: A Comparative Analysis of Extremist Groups’ Use of Digital Ecosystems for Communication and Mobilization (with Michael Loadenthal) Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
2025 -2026 International Studies Association Research Workshop Grant Workshop titled: Extremism by Design: Discursive Control in the Age of Protest (with Michael Loadenthal). Status:Recipient Type:Grant
2025 -2026 Charles P. Taft Competitive Dissertation Fellowship Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
05-01-2025 -08-15-2025 University Research Center Student Stipend and Research Cost Program for Faculty-Student Collaboration Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
05-01-2024 -08-15-2024 Graduate Student Government Research Fellowship Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
05-01-2024 -08-15-2024 Charles P. Taft Graduate Enrichment Award Status:Recipient Type:Grant
05-01-2023 -08-15-2023 Charles P. Taft Graduate Summer Fellowship Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
05-01-2022 -08-01-2022 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship