Mark Brockway

Assistant Teaching Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Courses

2025 Spring
- PSC 121 American National Government and Politics
- MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States
- PSC 377 Religion and Politics
2024 Fall
- PSC 313 Campaign Analysis
- MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States
- CAS 100 Selected Topics - Religion, Science, & Politics
2024 Spring
- PSC 121 American National Government and Politics
- MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States
- PSC 200 Selected Topics - Religion, Science & Politics
- EAR 200 Selected Topics - Religion, Science, & Politics
2023 Fall
- PSC 121 American National Government and Politics
- MAX 302 Civic Engagement Research Seminar
- PSC 377 Religion and Politics
2023 Spring
- PSC 122 American State and Local Government and Politics
- PSC 200 Selected Topics - Religion, Science, & Society
- EAR/REL 200 Selected Topics - Religion, Science, and Society
- BIO/PHI/REL 396/359 Stem Cells and Society

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2019

Bio

Mark Brockway is an assistant teaching professor in political science. His research centers on political identity and activism as expressed through party politics in the electorate and in governmental institutions. He investigates the consequences of changing political and social identities for party politics including the role of secular and religious identities in shaping partisan affiliation and participation. Specifically, his primary research agenda focuses on the role of secularism and attitudes about science in shaping individual political identification and motivating partisan activism.

In addition to his interest in party politics, his research examines religion and politics, political polarization, comparative politics and development, and public opinion. He received a Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame and a B.A. at the University of Oklahoma. He previously worked as an assistant professor of political science at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Areas of Expertise

American politics, comparative politics, religion

Selected Publications

Journal Articles
- Harden, J. J., Desmarais, B. A., Brockway, M. D., Boehmke, F. J., LaCombe, S. J., Linder, F. and Wallach, H., "A Diffusion Network Event History Estimator." Journal of Politics, 2023.
- Brockway, M., Boehmke, F. J., Desmarais, B. A., Harden, J. J., Lacombe, S., Linder, F. and Wallach, H., "SPID: A New Database for Inferring Public Policy Innovativeness and Diffusion Networks." Policy Studies Journal, 2020.
- Brockway, M., Hollibaugh Jr., G. E., "The Effects of Polarization on Ideological Certainty: An Application to Executive Order Issuance." American Politics Research, 2020.
- Brockway, M., Audette, A. P. and Cornejo, R. C., "Religious Engagement, Civic Skills, and Political Participation in Latin America." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2020.
- Brockway, M., Pacek, A. and Radcliff, B., "Public Employment and Human Well-Being: A Cross-National Analysis." Social Indicators Research, 2019.
- Brockway, M., "Home on Sunday, Home on Tuesday? Secular Political Participation in the U.S.." Politics and Religion, 2018.
- Brockway, M., Maiden, E., "Parlez-vous français? Language and Agricultural Aid Allocation Strategies in Northern Mali." World Development, 2018.
Book Chapters
- Brockway, M., Layman, G. C., "Evangelical Activists in the GOP: Still the Life of the Party?." In Evangelical Crackup: Will the Evangelical-Republican Coalition Last?. Claassen, R. L., Djupe, P. A. (eds.) Temple University Press, 2018.
- Brockway, M., Hertzke, A., "Transnational Christian Networks for Human Dignity." In Christianity and Freedom: Contemporary Perspectives. Hertzke, A. D., Shah, T. S. (eds.) Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Editorials
- Phillips, W., Brockway, M. D. and Ohlheiser, A., "The Dangerous Demonology of Ron DeSantis." MSNBC, 2023.
- Phillips, W., Brockway, M. D. and Ohlheiser, A., "The term ‘White Christian nationalism’ is on the rise. Here’s what journalists should know about using it." NiemanLab, 2022.
- Phillips, W., Brockway, M. D. and Ohlheiser, A., "January 6, Trump and the rise of America's dangerous 'shadow gospel'." NBC THINK, 2022.
- Womer, H., Brockway, M. D., "We couldn’t find religious bias in news coverage of the Supreme Court." Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog, 2022.
- Brockway, M. D., "Does ‘Faith-Based’ Include People Without a Religious Faith?." Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog, 2021.
Op-Ed
- Brockway, M., Campbell, D. E. and Layman, G. C., "Secular voters didn’t turn out for Clinton the way white evangelicals did for Trump." The Monkey Cage, 2016.