Scholarly journal publications written or edited by the History and Social Sciences Department faculty. Starting in the fall of 2023, the History and Social Sciences Department became two departments. The History section of the department combined with the English and Cultural Studies Department to become the History, Literature, and the Arts Department. The Social Sciences section of the department became the Politics, Law, and Society Department. Please click the following link for the appropriate new department for publications from September 2023 to the present: History, Literature, and the Arts Faculty Journal Articles, and Politics, Law, and Society Faculty Journal Articles.

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Manuscripts from 2023

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The EU Boycott of Russian Scientists and the Right to Science in the Shadow of Ukraine’s Invasion, Andrea Boggio

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Defeating Impunity: Attempts at International Justice in Europe Since 1914, Michael Bryant

Manuscripts from 2022

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Recently Appeared, M. Bazyler, Michael Bryant, K. Nelson, and S. Al-Sarraf

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Kaius Tuori. Empire of Law: Nazi Germany, Exile Scholars and the Battle for the Future of Europe, Michael Bryant

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War and Money in Ngram Viewer, Robert H. McFadden, William Zywiak, Ronald P. Bobroff, and Gao Niu

Manuscripts from 2021

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The Right to Participate In and Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and its Applications: A Conceptual Map, Andrea Boggio

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The Regulation of Human Germline Genome Modification (HGGM) at the National Level: A Call for Comprehensive Legal Reform, Andrea Boggio, Cesare P.R. Romano, and Jessica Almqvist

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The Legacy of Tanzanian Musicians Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka: Rhumba Kiserebuka! by Frank Gunderson, Alex Perullo

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Black Swan Years in American English, French, German, Hebrew, and Russian, William Zywiak, Ronald P. Bobroff, and Gao Niu

Manuscripts from 2020

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Making It Up As He Goes: Trump’s Improvisational Rhetoric and the Hyper-Rhetorical Presidency

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Exposing indicators' Fragility: Sally Engle Merry's Contribution to the Study of Governance Indicators, Andrea Boggio

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Human rights and global health emergencies preparedness, Andrea Boggio

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Canaries in the Mineshaft of American Democracy: North American Settler Genocide in the Thought of Raphaël Lemkin, Michael Bryant

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Book Review: Law, History, and Justice: Debating German State Crimes in the Long Twentieth Century, Michael S. Bryant

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Book Review: Peak Japan: the end of great ambitions, Nicole Freiner

Manuscripts from 2019

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Negotiating Cultural Rights: Issues at Stake, Challenges and Recommendations, edited by Lucky Belder and Helle Porsdam, Andrea Boggio

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Would a Gene-editing Ban Fit Human Rights Law?, Andrea Boggio

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The Human Right to Science and the Regulation of Human Germline Engineering, Andrea Boggio, Bartha M. Knoppers, Jessica Almqvist, and Cesare P.R. Romano

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Researching Agricultural Policy in Japan Using Qualitative Interviews, Nicole L. Freiner

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Mapping Policy Issues: A Simple, Active-Learning Exercise for Critical Thinking, Richard Holtzman

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Thinking about engaging North Korea: A study on the framing of the U.S. human rights public discourse in the Washington Post and New York Times between 2001 and 2017, Rachael M. Rudolph

Manuscripts from 2018

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The Human Right to Science and Foundational Technologies, Andrea Boggio and Calvin W. L. Ho

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Understanding Trump's Improvisational Presidency, Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2017

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50 Takes on Trump – Rhode Island, Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2016

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What Does it Mean to Teach Interpretively?, Jennifer Dodge, Richard Holtzman, Merlijn van Hulst, and Dvora Yanow

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Political Narratives and the 2016 Presidential Election, Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2015

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Review of "The Presidential Leadership Dilemma: Between the Constitution and a Political Party", Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2014

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Policies to Increase the Social Value of Science and the Scientist Satisfaction: An Exploratory Survey Among Harvard Bioscientists, Andrea Ballabeni, Andrea Boggio, and David Hemenway

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Ideas and Analyses for an “International Science Freedom Index”, Andrea Boggio

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Review of Andrews, Ernest, ed. "Legacies of Totalitarian Language in the Discourse Culture of the Post-Totalitarian Era", Richard Holtzman

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Review of Hudson, William E. "American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America’s Future", Richard Holtzman

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Review of Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine, and Dvora Yanow "Interpretive Research Design: Concepts and Processes", Richard Holtzman

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Three Lessons on Leadership, Compliments of the American Presidency, Richard Holtzman

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Women on the U.S. Home Front, Judy Barrett Litoff

Manuscripts from 2013

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Who Owns What We Know, and Why it Matters? The History of Privatization of Scholarship, Andrea Boggio

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The Unfinished Business of Assessing the Costs of Illegal Downloading, Andrea Boggio and Joseph H. Robertson

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American Military Justice from the Revolution to the UCMJ: The Hard Journey from Command Authority to Due Process, Michael S. Bryant

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R2P and Intervention After Libya, John W. Dietrich

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Responding to Human Trafficking: The Progress and Challenges, John W. Dietrich

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The International Spread of Affirmative Action Policies: What is True Equality?, John W. Dietrich

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Review of Walsh, Kenneth T. "Prisoners of the White House: The Isolation of America’s Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership", Richard Holtzman

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The Enduring Narrative of “Socialized” Medicine: Oppositional Rhetoric and Obama’s Health Care Reform, Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2012

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Linking Corporate Power to Corporate Structures: An Empirical Analysis, Andrea Boggio

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Eichmann in Jerusalem—and in West Germany: Eichmann Trial Witnesses and the West German Prosecution of Operation Reinhard Crimes, 1958–1966, Michael S. Bryant

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Obama’s Human Rights Policy: Déjà vu With a Twist, John W. Dietrich

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R.I.P. R2P?: The Responsibility to Protect as Seen in the Arab Spring, John W. Dietrich

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Cell Phone Companies Should not Use Confusing and Misleading Contracts, Joseph H. Robertson and Andrea Boggio

Manuscripts from 2011

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Review of "Means to an End: U.S. Interest in the International Criminal Court", John W. Dietrich

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Experiential Learning in Washington, D.C.: A Study of Student Motivations and Expectations, Richard Holtzman

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What’s the Problem, Mr. President?: Bush’s Shifting Definitions of the 2008 Financial Crisis, Richard Holtzman

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Communications Technology in the 2008 Election and Beyond: An Analysis of Obama Emails, Richard Holtzman and Bryant University

Manuscripts from 2010

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Biobanks and the 'Well-being' of Humanity: Integrating Consent to Research With the Capability Approach, Andrea Boggio

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George W. Bush's Rhetoric of Compassionate Conservatism and Its Value as a Tool of Presidential Politics, Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2009

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“Only the National Socialist”: Postwar US and West German Approaches to Nazi “Euthanasia” Crimes, 1946-1953, Michael S. Bryant

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Ethical Norms and the International Governance of Genetic Databases and Biobanks: Findings from an International Study, Alexander M. Capron, Alexandre Mauron, Bernice Elger, Andrea Boggio, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Nikola Biller-Andorno

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Bush's Adventures in National Service Policy and Five Lessons for President Obama, Richard Holtzman

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Judicial Wars, Richard Holtzman

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Privacy Rights, Richard Holtzman

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Review of Stephen Skowronek's "Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal", Richard Holtzman

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Review of "The Colonial American Origins of Modern Democratic Thought", Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2008

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Limitations on Human Rights: Are They Justifiable to Reduce the Burden of TB in the era of MDR- and XDR-TB?, Andrea Boggio, Matteo Zignol, Ernesto Jaramillo, Paul Nunn, Geneviève Pinet, and Mario Raviglione

Military Hero (Image in Campaigns), Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2007

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Back into the Unmasterable Past: Southwest Germany and the Judicial Odyssey of Mayor Reinhard Boos, 1947–1949, Michael S. Bryant

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Can International Courts Deter Human Rights Abusers?, John W. Dietrich

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The Politics of PEPFAR: President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, John W. Dietrich

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Adapting the One-Minute Paper for Active Learning, Richard Holtzman

Manuscripts from 2006

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U.S. Human Rights Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, John W. Dietrich

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U.S. International AIDS Programs: A New Model of Humanitarian Initiatives?, John W. Dietrich

Voluntarism and Volunteering, Richard Holtzman

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Enforced Tourists: American Women, Travel, and the ‘Far-Flung Fronts’ of World War II, Judy Barrett Litoff

Manuscripts from 2005

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Charitable Trusts and Human Research Genetic Databases: The Way Forward?, Andrea Boggio

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Italy Enacts New Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction, Andrea Boggio

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The Compensation of the Victims of the Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease in the United Kingdom, Andrea Boggio

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The Global Enforcement of Human Rights: the Unintended Consequences of Transnational Litigation, Andrea Boggio

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Comparing Guidelines on Biobanks: Emerging Consensus and Unresolved Controversies, Andrea Boggio, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Bernice Elger, Alexandre Mauron, and Alexander M. Capron

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Exploring the Key Informational, Ethical and Legal Concerns to the Development of Population Genomic Databases for Pharmacogenomic Research, Julia Alpert Gladstone

Using Databases in Designing Drugs: Current Legal and Interoperability Considerations Which Arise in Pharmacogenomics, Julia Alpert Gladstone

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Enforced Tourists: American Women, Travel, and the ‘Far-Flung Fronts’ of World War II, Judy Barrett Litoff

Manuscripts from 2004

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Prosecuting the Cheerful Murderer: Natural Law and National Socialist Crimes in West German Courts, 1945-1950, Michael S. Bryant

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Candidate Bush to Incumbent Bush: Development of His Foreign Policy Ideas, John W. Dietrich

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A Maroon Moment: Rebel Slaves in Early Seventeenth-century Guatemala, Paul Lokken

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Transforming Mulatto Identity in Colonial Guatemala and El Salvador, Paul Lokken

Useful Enemies: Seventeenth-Century Piracy and the Rise of Pardo Militias in Spanish Central America., Paul Lokken

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Enduring Authoritarianism: Middle East Lessons for Comparative Theory, Marsha Pripstein Posusney

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Differences in Attitudes Toward Gays and Lesbians Among Criminal Justice and Non-Criminal Justice Majors, Lois A. Ventura, Eric G. Lambert, Michael S. Bryant, and Sudershan Pasupuleti

Manuscripts from 2003

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Gun Laws and Policies: A Dialogue, Saul Cornell, Robert J. Cottrol, Robert Spitzer, Deborah Homsher, Gregg Lee Carter, James Jacobs, Richard Aborn, and Joyce Malcolm

Transforming Educational and Business Practices in Belarus: Collaborative Learning at a Distance, Gaytha A. Langlois, Judy Barrett Litoff, and Joseph A. Ilacqua

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Transforming Educational and Business Practices in Belarus: Collaborative Learning at a Distance, Gaytha Langlois, Judy Barrett Litoff, and Joseph A. Ilacqua

From Economic Policies to Public Perceptions: Theirs and Ours, and its Implications for the Discipline, Marsha Pripstein Posusney

Manuscripts from 2002

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Why Patenting Information Technology and Business Methods is not Sound Policy: Lessons from History and Prophecies for the Future, Julia Alpert Gladstone

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American Women in a World at War, Judy Barrett Litoff

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Multi-Party Elections in the Arab World: Institutional Engineering and Oppositional Strategies, Marsha Peipstein Posusney

Manuscripts from 2001

An Argument Against Business Method Patents Demonstrating That Algorithms Are Abstract and Business Methods Are Obvious, Julia Alpert Gladstone

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Data Mines and Battlefields: Looking at Financial Aggregators to Understand the Legal Boundries and Ownership Rights in the Use of Personal Rights, Julia Alpert Gladstone

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Reaching Across Boundaries: The Bryant University-Belarus Connection, Gaytha A. Langlois, Judy Barrett Litoff, and Joseph A. Ilacqua

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Reaching Across Boundaries: The Bryant College-Belarus Connection, Judy Barrett Litoff

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When Heroes Were Ubiquitous: Churchill and His Jerome Relations, Judy Barrett Litoff

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When Heroes Were Ubiquitous: Churchill and His Jerome Relations, Judy Barrett Litoff

Manuscripts from 2000

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Dueling Statistics: The Debate Over Gun Control is Often a War of Statistics, Gregg Lee Carter

Manuscripts from 1999

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Charles Simon Barett, Judy Barrett Litoff