Richard L. O'Bryant
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., MIT
377 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-4397
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
obryant@neu.edu
Vita (pdf)
Areas of Study
Science and Technology Policy and politics, Urban and Regional studies and Politics, Urban and Community Technology, Community-Based Research
Selected Publications
- “Low-Income Communities: Technological Strategies for Nurturing Community, Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency at a Low-income Housing Development”, 2005 Kellogg Forum Monograph, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
- Review of Eirk P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen (eds), Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions of a New Technology Use in New Media and Society, 2005 Sage Publications, UK, 2005
- Building Community, Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency: Early Results from the Camfield Estates-MIT Creating Community Connections Project, London, UK: Information Communication and Society. Rutledge Publishing, 2002 (with Randal Pinkett)
- Establishing Neighborhood Technology Centers in Low-Income Communities: A Crossroads for Social Science and Computer Information Technology, Canton, MA: Sherman Printing, 2001
- Walking in the Wake: A Father's Legacy and A Son's Pride, Cincinnati, OH: JDOTT, 2002
- CTC AmericCorps Vista Project Assessment Report, Boston, MA: University of Massachusetts Boston, 2002 (with Malo Hutson)
- Using Community Technology to Expand Social Networks, Build Social Capital, and Inspire Empowerment in a Low-Income Boston Neighborhood. Presentation at American Sociological Association (ASA) National Conference 97th Annual Meeting "Allocation Processes and Ascription" Chicago, Illinois -- August 16-19, 2002
- Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology Revolutionizing Strategies for Addressing Traditional Issues of the Poor. Presentation at Urban Affairs National Conference 32nd Annual Meeting "What's Right About Cities and an Urban Way of Life" Boston, Massachusetts -- March 20-23, 2002
- Low-income communities: Technological Strategies for Nurturing Self-sufficiency in the 21st Century. Presentation at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning for meeting with former Vice-president Al Gore. Cambridge, MA, November 2, 2001
- Camfield Estates-MIT Creating Community Connections Project. Presentation at UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute Community Technology for Community Change Conference. Los Angeles, CA, September 12, 2001
- Role of University Research and Community. Panel discussion at MIT's Sloan School of Management for MIT-Harvard initiative on public education. Cambridge, MA. March 16, 2000
Selected Professional Activities
- 2002-2003 Rising Scholars Award sponsored by the Kellogg Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good
- 2002 Guest Scholar Seventeenth Annual Aspen Institute Conference on Telecommunications Policy, Spectrum and Telecommunications Policy: Moving the Agenda for New Regulatory Paradigms
- Member, Urban Affairs Association (UAA)
- Member, American Political Science Association (APSA)
- Board Member, Smith Academy for Leadership Charter School
- Member, John D. O'Bryant Think Tank for Blacks in Higher Education
- Member, The Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Courses 2007-2008
Fall 2007
- POL U390 Science, Technology & Public Policy
- POL G304 Economic Institution
Courses 2006-2007
Fall 2006
- POL U940 Internship if Politics
- POL G407 Internship
Courses 2005-2006
Fall 2005
- POL U390 Science, Tech & Public Policy
- POL U940 Internship in Politics
- POL G407 Internship
Spring 2006
- POL G304 Economic Institutions
Courses 2004-2005
Fall 2004
- POL U358 Current issues in Cities/Suburbs
- POL U940 Internship in Politics
Spring 2005
- POL U345 Urban Policies and Politics
- POL G304 Economic Institutions
