Professor Bryan Early comes to Rockefeller College after serving as a research fellow with Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs from 2008-2009.  His research and teaching interests converge at the intersection of international political economy and international security.  His specific areas of research include studies on economic sanctions, foreign policy, nuclear proliferation, and terrorism.  Early graduated with his Ph.D. in Political Science from the School of Public and International Affairs at The University of Georgia in 2009. His dissertation, entitled “Trading with Sanctioned States,” examines how economic sanctions affect their targets’ international trade with other countries.  Early’s scholarly work has been published in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, and World Affairs.  This past year, Early spent time as visiting scholar at the Dubai School of Government in the United Arab Emirates.  He has also worked as a research associate with The University of Georgia’s Center for International Trade and Security with which he remains a faculty associate.  Early received his M.A. in Political Science from The University of Georgia in 2006 and his B.A. in Politics from Washington and Lee University in 2004.

Assisstant Professor. Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2009.