Bryce Steinberg ’09 is the IJC Assistant Professor Economics at the Watson Institute at Brown University. She focuses her research on education and health in the developing world. After earning her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, she served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute.

In early June, Professor of Economics John Friedman spoke with Mark Blyth, director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance at Watson, during a virtual event titled Bidenomics and Beyond. Friedman explained how the Biden administration’s fiscal policies will affect interest rates, inflation, stimulus spending, unemployment, and more.

Ieva Jusionyte, the Watson Family Associate Professor of Security and Anthropology, focuses her research on the anthropology of security, borders, crime, violence and statecraft. After earning her Ph.D. in anthropology from Brandeis University, she held faculty positions at Harvard University and the University of Florida. 

Reid Pauly, Dean's Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy, focuses his research on coercion, nuclear weapons proliferation, and wargaming. After earning his Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Security Studies Program, he was a Stanton postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation.

Since July 1, 2020, Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs Patsy Lewis has served as director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). We recently caught up with Lewis, an expert on small-state development in the Caribbean region, and asked her about her plans for CLACS in the coming months.

Q&A with MPA Director, Eric M. Patashnik and Harvard Business School Professor, Katherine M. Gehl

With a Covid-19 vaccine now being rolled out in the U.S. including here in Rhode Island, we thought it would be an opportune time to catch up with CHRHS Director and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Adam Levine to help us better understand the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Dr.

As part of a series highlighting new or evolving courses at the Watson Institute, professor of anthropology and director of the Costs of War project Cathy Lutz joined us for a Q&A session on the new course she is developing in collaboration with undergraduate student Amsel Saleem (remote from Pakistan).

On March 12, in response to the growing spread of the coronavirus, President Paxson announced that for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Brown classes would take place remotely. Classes were canceled for the week of March 16 to enable students living on campus or in Brown-owned properties to pack and leave and to give faculty time to transition their courses to remote learning.

On March 12, in response to the growing spread of the coronavirus, President Paxson announced that for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Brown classes would take place remotely. Classes were canceled for the week of March 16 to enable students living on campus or in Brown-owned properties to pack and leave and to give faculty time to transition their courses to remote learning.

On March 12, in response to the growing spread of the coronavirus, President Paxson announced that for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester, Brown classes would take place remotely. Classes were canceled for the week of March 16 to enable students living on campus or in Brown-owned properties to pack and leave and to give faculty time to transition their courses to remote learning.

Menaka Guruswamy, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India, is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute. In 2019, she was named to Foreign Policy magazine’s list of 100 most influential Global Thinkers and, with Arundhati Katju, named one of Time magazine’s 2019 list of 100 most influential people. Guruswamy talked with us about her role in a landmark Indian Supreme Court case.