Thom Brooks has been professor of Law and Government at Durham University since 2014, the Dean of Durham Law School since 2016.
32 Facts About Thom Brooks
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Thom Brooks was previously a lecturer then Reader at Newcastle University.
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Thom Brooks has been a visiting scholar at several Ivy League and Russell Group universities.
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Thom Brooks was the founding editor of the Journal of Moral Philosophy.
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Thom Brooks was educated at Xavier High School, an all-boys private Catholic school in Middletown, Connecticut, United States.
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Thom Brooks graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997, majoring in music and political science.
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Thom Brooks then studied political science at Arizona State University and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1999.
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Thom Brooks studied for an MA in philosophy at University College Dublin, graduating in 2000 with first class honours.
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Thom Brooks completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2004.
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Thom Brooks was a lecturer in political thought from 2004 to 2007.
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Thom Brooks's "Publishing Guide for Graduate Students" is a popular resource for new academics interested in getting published.
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In 2012, Thom Brooks joined the Durham Law School, Durham University, as a reader in law, and its Philosophy Department as an associate member.
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Thom Brooks was appointed professor of Law and Government in 2014.
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In 2013, Thom Brooks wrote a report analysing the United Kingdom's new citizenship test.
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Thom Brooks was highly critical of the test, concluding that it was "unfit for purpose".
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Thom Brooks criticised the test's focus on "British culture and history at the expense of practical knowledge".
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Thom Brooks's "unified theory of punishment" is noted as one of the top 100 Big Ideas for the Future in a report by RCUK.
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Thom Brooks has written three books, edited two reports and 23 collections, published over 130 articles and 150 columns.
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Thom Brooks appears frequently on media, including television, radio and newspapers often discussing migration policy.
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Thom Brooks is an Advisory Editor of the University of Bologna Law Review, a general student-edited law journal published by the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.
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Thom Brooks has been a citizen of the United States since birth.
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Thom Brooks became a citizen of the United Kingdom in 2011, and therefore holds dual citizenship.
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Thom Brooks's report is cited several times in Parliamentary debates.
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Thom Brooks has been called "the UK's leading expert on the citizenship test".
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Thom Brooks is an advisor to the British Labour Party and member of the UNISON trade union.
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Thom Brooks is the chair of the Sedgefield and Fishburn branch of the Sedgefield Constituency Labour Party.
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Thom Brooks has made past comments supporting New Labour and Sedgefield's Tony Blair, and supported Liz Kendall in the 2015 Labour leadership contest.
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Thom Brooks is a vocal supporter of Labour Leader Keir Starmer, whom he has supported since his election to Parliament in 2015.
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In 2022, Thom Brooks published a Fabian Society pamphlet New Arrivals: A Fair Immigration System for Labour that presented a new model for a Labour-led post-Brexit points-based system modelled on Starmer's vision.
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Thom Brooks writes columns for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, LabourList, The Times and others often on immigration topics.
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In 2009, Thom Brooks was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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In 2012, Thom Brooks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.