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Christopher Brough received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Dayton. He then received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University where his first field was American Government with a specialization in Public Law and Courts. His second field was Political Theory.

Brough’s current research focuses on political actors strategic use of the Supreme Court to achieve policy goals and collaborative work on administrative law and law and policy. Additionally, Brough was a 2023-24 Gender Equity Research Fellow, researching students’ gender bias and how it impacts student assessment of professor credibility. Brough’s teaching interests are in courses related to judicial politics, constitutional law and American political institutions.

Courses taught

• American Political Institutions
• American Judicial Process
• Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law
• The United States Supreme Court
• Law, Courts and Behavior (SSC 200)

Selected publications

Brough, Christopher, Li-Yin Liu and Yao-Yuan Yeh. 2023. Judicial reasoning, individual cultural types, and support for COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Review of Policy Research. 41(3): 448-470.

Liu, Li-Yin, Christopher Brough and Wei-Ning Wu. 2022. “When Water Conservation Matters: Examining How Water Scarcity Experiences Create Windows of Opportunity for Effective Water-Saving Policy Initiatives.” Environmental Science & Policy. 137: 61-69.

Brough, Christopher. 2020. “Law: The Continuing Significance of the Legislative Veto.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. 50(2): 451-469.

Wu, Wei-Ning, Li-Yin Liu and Christopher Brough. 2019. “No Time for Composting: Subjective Time Pressure as a Barrier to Citizen Engagement in Curbside Composting.” Waste Management. 91: 99-107.

Pickerill, J. Mitchell and Christopher Brough. 2018. “Law and Politics in Judicial and Supreme Court Decision Making.” The Routledge Handbook of Judicial Behavior. Ed. by Robert M. Howard and Kirk A. Randazzo. Routledge Press.

Ward, Artemus; Christopher Brough and Robert Arnold. 2015. Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Supreme Court. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.