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.
Manuscripts from 2023
The EU Boycott of Russian Scientists and the Right to Science in the Shadow of Ukraine’s Invasion, Andrea Boggio
Defeating Impunity: Attempts at International Justice in Europe Since 1914, Michael Bryant
Manuscripts from 2022
Recently Appeared, M. Bazyler, Michael Bryant, K. Nelson, and S. Al-Sarraf
Kaius Tuori. Empire of Law: Nazi Germany, Exile Scholars and the Battle for the Future of Europe, Michael Bryant
War and Money in Ngram Viewer, Robert H. McFadden, William Zywiak, Ronald P. Bobroff, and Gao Niu
Manuscripts from 2021
The Right to Participate In and Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and its Applications: A Conceptual Map, Andrea Boggio
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
The Legacy of Tanzanian Musicians Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka: Rhumba Kiserebuka! by Frank Gunderson, Alex Perullo
Black Swan Years in American English, French, German, Hebrew, and Russian, William Zywiak, Ronald P. Bobroff, and Gao Niu
Manuscripts from 2020
Making It Up As He Goes: Trump’s Improvisational Rhetoric and the Hyper-Rhetorical Presidency
Exposing indicators' Fragility: Sally Engle Merry's Contribution to the Study of Governance Indicators, Andrea Boggio
Human rights and global health emergencies preparedness, Andrea Boggio
Canaries in the Mineshaft of American Democracy: North American Settler Genocide in the Thought of Raphaël Lemkin, Michael Bryant
Book Review: Law, History, and Justice: Debating German State Crimes in the Long Twentieth Century, Michael S. Bryant
Book Review: Peak Japan: the end of great ambitions, Nicole Freiner
Manuscripts from 2019
Negotiating Cultural Rights: Issues at Stake, Challenges and Recommendations, edited by Lucky Belder and Helle Porsdam, Andrea Boggio
Would a Gene-editing Ban Fit Human Rights Law?, Andrea Boggio
The Human Right to Science and the Regulation of Human Germline Engineering, Andrea Boggio, Bartha M. Knoppers, Jessica Almqvist, and Cesare P.R. Romano
Researching Agricultural Policy in Japan Using Qualitative Interviews, Nicole L. Freiner
Mapping Policy Issues: A Simple, Active-Learning Exercise for Critical Thinking, Richard Holtzman
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
The Human Right to Science and Foundational Technologies, Andrea Boggio and Calvin W. L. Ho
Understanding Trump's Improvisational Presidency, Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2017
50 Takes on Trump – Rhode Island, Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2016
What Does it Mean to Teach Interpretively?, Jennifer Dodge, Richard Holtzman, Merlijn van Hulst, and Dvora Yanow
Political Narratives and the 2016 Presidential Election, Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2015
Review of "The Presidential Leadership Dilemma: Between the Constitution and a Political Party", Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2014
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
Ideas and Analyses for an “International Science Freedom Index”, Andrea Boggio
Review of Andrews, Ernest, ed. "Legacies of Totalitarian Language in the Discourse Culture of the Post-Totalitarian Era", Richard Holtzman
Review of Hudson, William E. "American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America’s Future", Richard Holtzman
Review of Schwartz-Shea, Peregrine, and Dvora Yanow "Interpretive Research Design: Concepts and Processes", Richard Holtzman
Three Lessons on Leadership, Compliments of the American Presidency, Richard Holtzman
Women on the U.S. Home Front, Judy Barrett Litoff
Manuscripts from 2013
Who Owns What We Know, and Why it Matters? The History of Privatization of Scholarship, Andrea Boggio
The Unfinished Business of Assessing the Costs of Illegal Downloading, Andrea Boggio and Joseph H. Robertson
American Military Justice from the Revolution to the UCMJ: The Hard Journey from Command Authority to Due Process, Michael S. Bryant
R2P and Intervention After Libya, John W. Dietrich
Responding to Human Trafficking: The Progress and Challenges, John W. Dietrich
The International Spread of Affirmative Action Policies: What is True Equality?, John W. Dietrich
Review of Walsh, Kenneth T. "Prisoners of the White House: The Isolation of America’s Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership", Richard Holtzman
The Enduring Narrative of “Socialized” Medicine: Oppositional Rhetoric and Obama’s Health Care Reform, Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2012
Linking Corporate Power to Corporate Structures: An Empirical Analysis, Andrea Boggio
Eichmann in Jerusalem—and in West Germany: Eichmann Trial Witnesses and the West German Prosecution of Operation Reinhard Crimes, 1958–1966, Michael S. Bryant
Obama’s Human Rights Policy: Déjà vu With a Twist, John W. Dietrich
R.I.P. R2P?: The Responsibility to Protect as Seen in the Arab Spring, John W. Dietrich
Cell Phone Companies Should not Use Confusing and Misleading Contracts, Joseph H. Robertson and Andrea Boggio
Manuscripts from 2011
Review of "Means to an End: U.S. Interest in the International Criminal Court", John W. Dietrich
Experiential Learning in Washington, D.C.: A Study of Student Motivations and Expectations, Richard Holtzman
What’s the Problem, Mr. President?: Bush’s Shifting Definitions of the 2008 Financial Crisis, Richard Holtzman
Communications Technology in the 2008 Election and Beyond: An Analysis of Obama Emails, Richard Holtzman and Bryant University
Manuscripts from 2010
Biobanks and the 'Well-being' of Humanity: Integrating Consent to Research With the Capability Approach, Andrea Boggio
George W. Bush's Rhetoric of Compassionate Conservatism and Its Value as a Tool of Presidential Politics, Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2009
“Only the National Socialist”: Postwar US and West German Approaches to Nazi “Euthanasia” Crimes, 1946-1953, Michael S. Bryant
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
Bush's Adventures in National Service Policy and Five Lessons for President Obama, Richard Holtzman
Judicial Wars, Richard Holtzman
Privacy Rights, Richard Holtzman
Review of Stephen Skowronek's "Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal", Richard Holtzman
Review of "The Colonial American Origins of Modern Democratic Thought", Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2008
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
Back into the Unmasterable Past: Southwest Germany and the Judicial Odyssey of Mayor Reinhard Boos, 1947–1949, Michael S. Bryant
Can International Courts Deter Human Rights Abusers?, John W. Dietrich
The Politics of PEPFAR: President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, John W. Dietrich
Adapting the One-Minute Paper for Active Learning, Richard Holtzman
Manuscripts from 2006
U.S. Human Rights Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, John W. Dietrich
U.S. International AIDS Programs: A New Model of Humanitarian Initiatives?, John W. Dietrich
Voluntarism and Volunteering, Richard Holtzman
Enforced Tourists: American Women, Travel, and the ‘Far-Flung Fronts’ of World War II, Judy Barrett Litoff
Manuscripts from 2005
Charitable Trusts and Human Research Genetic Databases: The Way Forward?, Andrea Boggio
Italy Enacts New Law on Medically Assisted Reproduction, Andrea Boggio
The Compensation of the Victims of the Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease in the United Kingdom, Andrea Boggio
The Global Enforcement of Human Rights: the Unintended Consequences of Transnational Litigation, Andrea Boggio
Comparing Guidelines on Biobanks: Emerging Consensus and Unresolved Controversies, Andrea Boggio, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Bernice Elger, Alexandre Mauron, and Alexander M. Capron
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
Enforced Tourists: American Women, Travel, and the ‘Far-Flung Fronts’ of World War II, Judy Barrett Litoff
Manuscripts from 2004
Prosecuting the Cheerful Murderer: Natural Law and National Socialist Crimes in West German Courts, 1945-1950, Michael S. Bryant
Candidate Bush to Incumbent Bush: Development of His Foreign Policy Ideas, John W. Dietrich
A Maroon Moment: Rebel Slaves in Early Seventeenth-century Guatemala, Paul Lokken
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
Enduring Authoritarianism: Middle East Lessons for Comparative Theory, Marsha Pripstein Posusney
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
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
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
Why Patenting Information Technology and Business Methods is not Sound Policy: Lessons from History and Prophecies for the Future, Julia Alpert Gladstone
American Women in a World at War, Judy Barrett Litoff
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
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
Reaching Across Boundaries: The Bryant University-Belarus Connection, Gaytha A. Langlois, Judy Barrett Litoff, and Joseph A. Ilacqua
Reaching Across Boundaries: The Bryant College-Belarus Connection, Judy Barrett Litoff
When Heroes Were Ubiquitous: Churchill and His Jerome Relations, Judy Barrett Litoff
When Heroes Were Ubiquitous: Churchill and His Jerome Relations, Judy Barrett Litoff
Manuscripts from 2000
Dueling Statistics: The Debate Over Gun Control is Often a War of Statistics, Gregg Lee Carter
Manuscripts from 1999
Charles Simon Barett, Judy Barrett Litoff