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