Professional Summary
Stephen Bryant is a fourth-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’s research interests broadly include narrative development and presentation, religio-political groups, intersections of identity and political violence, politics of memory, and Middle Eastern 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)
Research Support
International Studies Association Travel Grant $500
Taft Graduate Summer Fellowship Award $3,000
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship $2,500
Charles P. Taft Travel Award $700
Taft Graduate Enrichment Award $1,800
Graduate Student Government Research Fellowship $1,700
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Niven, David, 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, ,
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 ) ,