The BRAVE Program - I: Improved Bulge Stellar Velocity Dispersion
  Estimates for a Sample of Active Galaxies
  We present new bulge stellar velocity dispersion measurements for 10 active
galaxies with secure $M_{BH}$ determinations from reverberation-mapping. These
new velocity dispersion measurements are based on spatially resolved kinematics
from integral-field (IFU) spectroscopy. In all but one case, the field of view
of the IFU extends beyond the effective radius of the galaxy, and in the case
of Mrk 79 the field of view extends to almost one half the effective radius.
This combination of spatial resolution and field of view allows for secure
determinations of stellar velocity dispersion within the effective radius for
all 10 target galaxies. Spatially resolved maps of the first (V) and second
($\sigma_{\star}$) moments of the line-of-sight velocity distribution (LOSVD)
indicate the presence of kinematic substructure in most cases. In future
projects we plan to explore methods of correcting for the effects of kinematic
substructure in the derived bulge stellar velocity dispersion measurements.
