Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Brown University
Office: Beaven 216
Phone: (508) 793-3658
Fax: (508) 793-3088
Email: jbryant@holycross.edu
James Bryant is Assistant Professor of Sociology. Before coming to Holy Cross in the fall of 2002, Professor Bryant earned a BA in sociology and history from Tulane University (1995), and an A.M. (1997) and Ph.D. in sociology from Brown University (2002). His dissertation, entitled “Journeys Along Damascus Road: Black Ministers, the Call, and the Modernization of Tradition,” explored how contemporary African-American ministers construct meanings about their vocations by integrating their understandings of the cultural traditions of the Black Church with their professional training in the ministry. Professor Bryant teaches courses in The Sociological Perspective, Race and Ethnic Relations, African-American-American Social and Religious Thought, and Contemporary African-American Cultural Productions, each of which draw connections among his evolving interests in social theory, religious thought, and cultural theory.