Brad Lockerbie is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at East Carolina University. Prior to joining the faculty at East Carolina, Lockerbie was on the faculty at the University of Georgia.

He is the author of Do Voters Look to the Future? Economics and Elections published by SUNY Press. He is also co-author (with Peter W. Wielhouwer) of Voting and Campaigning under contract with Oxford University Press. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Political Marketing. He is co-author (with Stephen A. Borrelli) of "A Question of War: Question Wording and Support for the War in Iraq" that is forthcoming at Social Science Quarterly. He has written extensively on economics and politics, voting behavior, and public opinion polling. His work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, Public Choice, and many other journals and books.

Lockerbie's current research project focuses on the role of religion in American politics. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia and a PhD from the University of Iowa.