Steven Brooke

Education:

Ph.D. Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin. 2015.

M.A. in Government, The University of Texas at Austin.

M.A. in History, George Mason University.

B.A. in International Affairs and History, James Madison University, 2002.

Biography:

Steven is an Associate Professor and Michael Barron Faculty Fellow in the Department of Political Science, as well as Faculty Director of the Middle East Studies program.  He is also a Faculty Fellow at the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS) and a non-resident fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative.

Steven’s research and teaching focuses on comparative politics, religion and politics, non-democratic regimes, and the politics of the Middle East.  His first book, Winning Hearts and Votes: Social Services and the Islamist Political Advantage, looks at how and why non-state groups provide social services, with an empirical focus on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.  His most recent book, Protection at the Margins: How the Catholic Church Shielded Communities from Populist Violence During the Philippine Drug War, studies how and why local religious institutions can protect the vulnerable during moments of state violence.

He is currently working on two book manuscripts, the first on social movements in Interwar Egypt and the second on religious resistance to democratic backsliding.  His articles have appeared in a variety of journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Religion and Politics, and the British Journal of Middle East Studies.

Courses:

PS 120: Politics Around the World

PS 182: Politics Around the World (Honors)

PS 339: Non-Democracies

PS/HIST 370: Islam and Politics

PS 455: Middle East Politics

PS 400: Religion and Politics (Graduate Seminar)