Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Brown University Department of American Studies is a 3-PI network with 0 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Social Sciences as the leading field (50% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels), Cultural Studies as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 1 PIs; 1 labels), and Art, Politics, and Modernism as the leading topic (14% of slots across 1 PIs; 1 labels). That is a weak collaboration signal, so the page is better read as a faculty inventory than as evidence of a connected department. The top weighted PIs are Kevin Escudero (2 weighted works; Migration and Labor Dynamics, Island Studies and Pacific Affairs); Leticia Alvarado (2 weighted works; Art, Politics, and Modernism, Latin American and Latino Studies). No internal PI-to-PI collaboration edge is visible in this period. No multi-PI collaboration group is visible in this period, a concerning sign if the department expects a connected internal network.