Ryan Broll

Ryan Broll is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, where he also teaches and supervises students in the Criminal Justice and Public Policy (CJPP) BA and MA programs.

Dr. Broll's research focuses on the well-being of children and youth who experience bullying or cyberbullying. His current research takes a strengths-based approach and addresses the individual, social, and cultural factors that promote resilience in the aftermath of bullying and cyberbullying.

He also studies the correlates and consequences of bullying and cyberbullying involvement, and how adults prevent and respond to bullying and cyberbullying. Dr. Broll’s other research interests include the social control of marginalized and vulnerable populations (e.g., policing of people experiencing homelessness; policing youth), cybercrime, and the study of dark fandoms.

He welcomes inquiries from prospective graduate students interested in studying these or related topics.

Keywords: bullying; cyberbullying; youth; mental health; resilience; youth; social control

O’Grady, William, Greg Cullen, Ryan Broll, Erin Dej, and James Popham. 2024. “Exploring Homelessness in Small-to-Mid-Sized and Large Canadian Cities: An Analysis of the Canadian Housing Survey.” International Journal on Homelessness, 4(3):1-18. doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2023.3.16856

Hunter, Kaitlyn, Sulaimon Giwa, and Ryan Broll. 2024. “Black and Blue: Deconstructing Defund the Police.” Journal of Crime and Justice 47(3):324-341. doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2024.2309220

Broll, Ryan and Stephanie Howells. 2021. “Community Policing in Schools: Relationship-Building and the Responsibilities of School Resource Officers.” Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 15(2):701-715. doi:10.1093/police/paz053

Broll, Ryan and Dylan Reynolds. 2021. “Parental Responsibility, Blameworthiness, and Bullying: Parenting Style and Adolescents’ Experiences with Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying.” Criminal Justice Policy Review 32(5):447-468. doi:10.1177/0887403420921443

Broll, Ryan. 2020. “Dark Fandoms: An Introduction and Case Study.” Deviant Behavior 41(6):792-804. doi:10.1080/01639625.2019.1596453

Huey, Laura and Ryan Broll. 2018. Becoming Strong: Impoverished Women and the Struggle to Overcome Violence. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

Broll, Ryan. 2016. “Collaborative Responses to Cyberbullying: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying through Nodes and Clusters.” Policing & Society 26(7):735-752. doi:10.10810/10439463.2014.989154

You can find more of Dr. Broll’s publications on Google Scholar.

Building Bridges: Youth Education on Homelessness (Co-Investigator, 2025)