Department Chair
Amber Day, Ph.D.
Bryant University’s History, Literature, and the Arts Department offers courses that encourage deep exploration of diverse historical, cultural, and creative practices and contexts.
The History, Literature, and the Arts Department encourages exploration of the past, the written word, and the creative expressions that converge to shape our understanding of the world. We support you to think beyond your own experience and recognize how your ideas and actions shape the world in which we live.
Our graduates embark on diverse career paths that value critical thinking, research skills, and an appreciation for culture and the arts. They find success in academia, publishing, journalism, museum curation, arts administration, and more.
In a vibrant community where ideas are exchanged and originality thrives, celebrate the richness of creativity, unravel the intricacies of our past, and discover a vibrant future shaped by knowledge, imagination, and the power of storytelling.
Arts and Creative Industries, History, Literary and Cultural Studies
Africana and Black Studies, Arts and Creative Industries, History, Latin American and Latina/Latino Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Literature, Media and Cultural Studies, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Our faculty includes accomplished authors, artists, and researchers. These award-winning educators and mentors specialize in areas as diverse as political satire, gender studies, Native American history, Asian American literature, comics and graphic narratives, philosophy, music, and visual art.
Ronald Park Bobroff
Ph D, M Sc, MA, BA
Professor
Barbara Byers
Lecturer
Jeffrey Cabusao
Ph D, MA, BA
Professor
Valerie Carrigan
MFA, M Ed, BS
Assistant Professor
Kathleen L. Daly
Ph D, BA
Lecturer
Amber Day
Ph D, MA, BA
Department Chair History, Literature, and the Arts
Janet Dean
Ph D, M Phil, MA, BA
Professor
Kristen Falso-Capaldi
MAT, BA
Lecturer
Theresa Hasseler
Ph D, MA, BA
Professor
Jennifer Horan
Ph D, Ph D, M Phil, BA
Lecturer
John Howard
Lecturer
Carrie Kell
M Ed, MA, BA
Lecturer
Bryan Vincent Knapp
Ph D, MA, BA
Lecturer
Martha Kuhlman
Ph D, MA, BA
Professor
David C Liao
Ph D, BA
Lecturer
Danielle Macon
Visiting Assistant Professor
Taylor Maroney
MFA
Lecturer
Bradford Martin
Ph D, MA, BA
Department Chair History, Literature, and the Arts
Veronica McComb
Professor
Eric Paul
MFA, BA
Lecturer
Jeremy D Pearson
Lecturer
Thomas John Roach
Ph D, MA, BA
Professor
Ryan M Sonder
Ph D, MA, BA
Lecturer
Monica R Ward
Ph D, MA, BA
Lecturer
Joan Zaretti
Ph D, MA
Lecturer
Our department offers a vibrant learning environment beyond the classroom. Contribute as a writer or an editor to the Bryant Literary Review, an acclaimed international journal of poetry and fiction. Engage with living history through public history projects in the local community. Or work with an area arts organization in an arts internship course.
You have access to world-renowned libraries, archival resources, and digital databases that facilitate research and scholarly collaborations. Many of our students participate in Research and Engagement Day, a Bryant showcase that highlights student and faculty research collaboration, creativity, and innovative academic accomplishments.
Graduates of Bryant’s programs within the History, Literature, and the Arts Department go on to prestigious graduate schools and are in demand by business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
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