Brian Conley, Visiting Assistant Professor

Brian Conley, Visiting Assistant Professor

 

Mailing Address

Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108

 

 

Office Location

20 Ashburton Place, 2nd Floor, Room 212
Phone: 617.994.6414
Email: bconley@suffolk.edu

 

Fields of Interest

  • American Politics
  • Political Parties and Party Systems
  • Race, Ethnicity and Contemporary Voting Behavior
  • Social Movement Theory and Practice
  • Twentieth Century US Foreign Policy: Culture and Foreign Policy.
  • Research Methods

Employment

  • Visiting Professor, Government Department, Suffolk University, Boston, MA.            

Education

  • PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science.
    New School for Social Research, New York, NY.
    Dissertation Title (Working): “The Organizational Moment:
    Ray Bliss and the Making of the Modern Republican Party.” 
  • Masters, United States History.
    New School for Social Research, New York, NY.
    Thesis Title: “The Constitution and the Question of Democracy: A Study of Beardian Historiography.”
  • Bachelor of Arts, United States History and Social Thought and Political Economy.
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
    Thesis: “Party Politics in the Post-New Deal United States.” 

Conferences

  • “Route to ’66: Ray Bliss and the 1966 Mid-term Republican Resurgence,” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 11, 2008 New Orleans, LA.
  • “‘The Year of the Elephant’: Ray Bliss and the 1966 Mid-term Republican Resurgence.” Northeast Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 16,  2007 Philadelphia, PA.
  • “Partisan Politics: Ray Bliss and the Making of the Modern American Party System,” New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 28, 2007 Boston, MA.
  • “Alert, Alive and Aggressive: Ray Bliss and the Ohio Republican Party,” Pennsylvania Political Science Association Meeting, March 30, 2007 Kutztown, PA.
  • Mass Action: Social Movements and the State, Rethinking Marxism Conference, University of Massachusetts, April 22, 2001
    Amherst, MA.