BRIELLE BRYAN 432 William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (678) 231-5189 briellebryan@fas.harvard.edu EDUCATION PhD, Social Policy and Sociology, Harvard University Expected 2018 Dissertation: Criminal Justice System Interaction, Self-Sufficiency, and the Life Course: An Examination of Income, Support and Housing Trajectories After Incarceration and Conviction Committee: Bruce Western (chair), Alexandra Killewald, Robert Sampson Affiliations: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy AM, Sociology, Harvard University 2016 Qualifying Paper: Paternal Incarceration and Adolescent Social Network Disadvantage. Qualifying exams: Race, Ethnicity & Immigration (distinction); Stratification; Organizations; Culture MPP, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy 2012 Thesis: The Relationship Between Childhood TANF Cash Assistance Receipt and Young Adult Expectations BA, Communication Studies, Sociology, and Theatre, Vanderbilt University 2007 Honors: Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Outstanding sociology major RESEARCH INTERESTS Criminal justice, inequality & stratification, race/ethnicity, poverty, social policy, the life course, family, wealth, social demography, social networks PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Brielle Bryan. 2017. Paternal Incarceration and Adolescent Social Network Disadvantage. Demography 54(4): 1477-1501. Award: First Place, ICPSR Master s Research Paper Competition, 2016 Alexandra Killewald and Brielle Bryan. 2016. Does Your Home Make You Wealthy? RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2(6): 110-128. Laura Tach, Kathryn Edin, Hope Harvey and Brielle Bryan. 2014. The Family-Go-Round: Family Complexity and Father Involvement from a Father s Perspective. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 654(1): 169-184. UNDER REVIEW Alexandra Killewald and Brielle Bryan. Falling Behind: How the Wealth Disadvantage of Blacks and Hispanics Grows across the Life Course. Revise and Resubmit, Social Forces. 1
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST) Brielle Bryan. Housing Instability Following Incarceration and Conviction. Brielle Bryan. Seeking Support or Avoiding Institutions: Exploring the Role of the Social Safety Net for Former Prisoners. Brielle Bryan. Total Income Trajectories over the Life Course Post-Incarceration. Brielle Bryan. Parental Incarceration and School-Level Contextual Effects: An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap and the Stigma Hypothesis. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS GSAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University 2017-18 Osage Nation Higher Education Grant 2003-07, 2010-17 Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences Research Grant, Harvard University 2017 First Place, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Master s Research Paper Competition 2016 Joint Center for Housing Studies Student Research Support Grant, Harvard University 2016 Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy Research Grant, Harvard University 2015 Mathematica Summer Research Fellowship 2014 Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy Fellowship, Harvard University 2014 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship: Alternate Status, Honorable Mention 2014 Georgetown Public Policy Institute Fellowship, Georgetown University 2010-12 Summa cum laude, Vanderbilt University 2007 Phi Beta Kappa, Vanderbilt University 2007 Dawn Gross Memorial Scholarship, Vanderbilt University 2005-07 Jesse Wills Honor Scholarship, Vanderbilt University 2003-07 National Merit Scholar, Vanderbilt University 2003-07 TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE Harvard University Senior Thesis Advisor, Social Studies Department 2016-2017 MAPS Undergraduate Research Mentor, Center for American Political Studies 2014-2017 Teaching Fellow Poverty in America Fall 2015 From Plantations to Prisons: An Overview of the U.S. Punishment System Spring 2015 Crime, Community and Public Policy Fall 2014 Georgetown University Teaching Assistant, Advanced Regression and Program Evaluation Methods Summer 2012 PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Program Analyst March 2012 - June 2012 The Urban Institute Research Associate May 2011 February 2012 2
The Foundation Center New York, NY Independent Research Consultant July 2010 September 2011 Research Assistant June 2007 September 2009 U.S. Government Accountability Office Student Consultant January 2011 May 2011 PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Lawrence T. McGill, Brielle Bryan and Eugene D. Miller. 2009. Benchmarking Diversity: A First Look at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits. New York, NY: Foundation Center. http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/diversity2009.pdf Lawrence T. McGill and Brielle Bryan. 2009. Building Diversity: A Survey of California Foundation Demographics, Policies and Practices. New York, NY: Foundation Center. http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/ca_diversity_2009.pdf Lawrence T. McGill, Algernon Austin and Brielle Bryan. 2008. Embracing Diversity: Foundation Giving Benefiting California's Communities of Color. New York, NY: Foundation Center. http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/ca_diversity_2008.pdf Brielle Bryan. 2008. Diversity in Philanthropy: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Resources Related to Diversity within the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Sectors. New York, NY: Foundation Center. http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/topical/diversity_in_phil.pdf INVITED PRESENTATIONS Housing Instability Following Incarceration and Conviction. Joint Center for Housing Studies, Cambridge, MA. September 22, 2017. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Social Demography Seminar. October 12, 2017. Seeking Support or Avoiding Institutions: Exploring the Role of the Social Safety Net for Former Prisoners. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Friday Work-in- Progress Lunch Seminar. December 2, 2016. Falling Behind: The Black-White Wealth Gap in Life Course and Intergenerational Perspective with Alexandra Killewald. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Social Demography Seminar. November 3, 2016. Parental Incarceration and School-Level Contextual Effects: An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap and the Stigma Hypothesis. Harvard Quantitative Sociology Workshop. October 22, 2015. The Long Shadow of Parental Incarceration: Assessing the Unique Effects of Parental Incarceration during Childhood on Young Adult Outcomes. Harvard Quantitative Sociology Workshop. March 27, 2014. 3
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Seeking Support or Avoiding Institutions: Examining Social Safety Net Usage After Incarceration. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 15-18, 2017. Housing Instability Post-Conviction. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 12-15, 2017. APPAM Fall Research Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2-4, 2017. Paternal Incarceration and Adolescent Social Network Disadvantage. APPAM Fall Research Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November 6-8, 2014. Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015. Aage Sørensen Memorial Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, April 22-24, 2016. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 19-21, 2016. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 20-23, 2016. Parental Incarceration and School-Level Contextual Effects: An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap and the Stigma Hypothesis. APPAM Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL, November 12-14, 2015. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 20-23, 2016. Falling Behind: The Black-White Wealth Gap in Life Course and Intergenerational Perspective with Alexandra Killewald. Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015. Does Your Home Make You Wealthy? with Alexandra Killewald. Population Association of America 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2, 2015. The Relationship Between Childhood TANF Cash Assistance Receipt and Young Adult Expectations. Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference,, May 29, 2013. SERVICE Harvard University Sociology Department Committee for Higher Degrees 2015-2016 Social Chair, Graduate Student Organization 2014-2015 Graduate Commons Program Community Advisor 2014-2017 Georgetown University Georgetown University Alumni Association Board of Governors Student Governor 2011-2012 Georgetown Public Policy Institute Alumni Board Student Representative 2011-2012 Georgetown Public Policy Student Association Vice President 2011-2012 4
Women in Public Policy Initiative Executive Team Member 2010-2012 Reviewer: Demography, Social Science Research PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Graduate Affiliate Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard University Member American Sociological Association Population Association of America Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management American Society of Criminology Society for the Study of Social Problems 5