Expert Directory
All Bryant faculty are experts in their fields. Depending on their schedule, many faculty members are available to speak with reporters. Contact the Office of University Relations to reach those listed here or to inquire about others who may be available.
Stanley Baran
EXPERTISE: mass communication, media, media and politics, First Amendment, media industry economics, advertisements, reality television, media and society; author of Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture
Elaine Notarantonio
EXPERTISE: 21st-century marketplace; marketing for religious, educational, and nonprofit organizations; strategic market plan
Ron Washburn
EXPERTISE: sports and entertainment law, contract law, First Amendment, gun right advocacy
Sharmin Attaran
EXPERTISE: marketing and social media, sustainability marketing, consumer behavior, retail management
Teresa McCarthy
EXPERTISE: marketing, forecasting/collaborative forecasting/CPFR, sales and operations planning (S&OP), supply chain collaboration, innovation in the apparel supply chain, demand management, corporate social responsibility
Amber Day
EXPERTISE: Gender and identity, parody and satire, political performance and activism, public sphere theory
Peter Nigro
EXPERTISE: commercial banking, GSEs, small firm finance, predatory lending, small business, Small Business Association, credit scoring/credit risk modeling, mortgages, fair lending, mutual funds; former senior financial economist with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Lori Coakley
EXPERTISE: organizational studies, women and leadership (particularly in higher education) international relations/human resource management, comparative Russian/American issues, culture and strategy, international relations, work/family conflict
Michael A. Roberto
EXPERTISE: leadership, managerial decision-making, management teams, strategic management
Judy Barrett Litoff
EXPERTISE: women and World War II, women's wartime correspondence, American women's history, gender and American culture, cultures in transition, midwifery; author of 13 books on American women's history
Edinaldo Tebaldi
EXPERTISE: Rhode Island economy, international trade, institutions and economic growth, applied econometrics and discrimination; Rhode Island forecaster for the New England Economic Partnership
Richard Holtzman
EXPERTISE: the American presidency, presidential rhetoric, U.S. campaigns and elections, civic engagement and national service, U.S. public policy
Sandra Enos
EXPERTISE: history of child welfare, service learning, social entrepreneurship, parenting in prison, needs of children of incarcerated parents
Joseph Trunzo
EXPERTISE: stress management, health behavior change, coping with chronic illness such as cancer, Lyme disease
Janet Morahan-Martin
EXPERTISE: psychological aspects of Internet use, Internet addiction, Internet and loneliness, Internet and social anxiety, Internet and gender, use of online health information
Laurie Hazard
EXPERTISE: transitioning from high school to college, first-year success in college, academic success and achievement of college students based on personality traits, habits, and attitudes
Michael Gravier
EXPERTISE: marketing, supply chain network evolution, international trade, risk mitigation, analytics, transportation public policy, health care supply chain management
