Meet the Team
The Rhode Island Survey Initiative is led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students from multiple departments at URI. The team identifies key issues, formulates survey questions, and analyzes results.
Brendan Mark
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
Brendan Skip Mark joined the URI political science department in 2018. His research explores the intersections between human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. He tries to unpack the determinants and consequences of: compliance with International Organization agreements, repression, labor rights, violent and non-violent protest, migration and remittances, development, economic crisis, and economic and social rights.
Meg Frost
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Research Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies
Meg Frost joined the Political Science department in 2022. Her research examines how governments provide security to their citizens in times of threat and crisis, and how citizens demand accountability when their rights are violated. Meg’s current projects focus on the rights of citizens not protected under law, such as suspected criminals, migrants, and refugees, as well as nonviolent strategies of collective action within countries.
GRIP Report Spotlights
Spotlights featured in the 2024 report are researched and written by the following URI undergraduate and graduate students:
Zahra Khan
Mya MacNeil
Megumi Sinniah
Graham Shirley
Iolanda Di Giorgio
Tiffany Morel
Kristine Moore
Isabelle Dibner
A special note to the students of PSC 360 – Human Rights Research, who have worked to produce scores for the CIRIGHTS project as part of our commitment to human rights education.