Briana Hyman
20182020

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Biography

Briana Hyman is a third year Political Science PhD student at Howard University, majoring in Black Politics and American Government, with a minor in Political Theory. Briana leverages her BS in Communication and MPA to fuel her research efforts in African American and Latina/o/x political behavior and policy support. She also has written on subjects including Pan-Africanism, Self-Identification Trends of Afro-Latinx Americans, Black Female Mayoral Re-Elections, and Federalism and Slavery as Supported by the Courts. Additionally, Briana was a Woodford R. Porter scholar at the University of Louisville and the recipient of the Hugh T. Henry Memorial Scholarship while attending the University of Arkansas. In pursuing a career in academia, Briana intends to continue her research while focusing on her students’ successes—both within and outside of the classroom—with the ultimate goal of increasing next generation political awareness within communities of the Diaspora.

Education/Academic qualification

Political Science, Ph.D., What to the Puerto Rican is American Citizenship? How and Why the United States Continues to Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens, Howard University

… → 2023

Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies, MPA, University of Arkansas

… → 2018

Communications, BS, University of Lousville

… → 2009