Katayoun Alidadi

Katayoun Alidadi is Associate Professor of Legal Studies in the Politics, Law & Society Department at Bryant University's College of Arts and Sciences. Holding a PhD from KULeuven and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, she teaches comparative law, law and society, and international business law with research focusing on religious accommodation and minority rights.

Research examines religious accommodation in employment, reasonable accommodation jurisprudence, diversity in plural societies, and comparative legal frameworks for minority protection. Her scholarship explores tensions between secular principles and religious expression in multinational contexts.

Honors include the Ius Commune Prize (2013), Addison Brown Prize (2005), multiple Faculty Innovation Grants, and recognition from the International Academy of Comparative Law. Publications analyze workplace religious accommodation, cultural diversity policy commissions, and legal responses to religious pluralism.