Brooke Culclasure is a Project Director with the Riley Institute and teaches as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science. Her teaching focuses are American Politics and Education Policy.

She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Richmond and earned her M.A. from the University of Virginia in American Politics , M.A. from the University of South Carolina in Higher Education, and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in Education Policy. Dr. Culclasure's past research includes analyzing public subsidies in higher education, the effect of reunification on the German system of education, and the ways in which politics affects tuition-setting at public colleges and universities.

In addition to teaching in the Department, Dr. Culclasure serves as project director for the Riley Institute's state-wide research project on public education funded by the Hewlett Foundation out of California. She also served for four years as coordinator of the Riley Institute's Emerging Public Leaders program.

In 2006, Dr. Culclasure was recognized as a YWCA Dream Achiever and in 2007 was named one of Greenville's Best and Brightest Under 35. She also is a member of the Circle of the Children's Museum, the Junior League of Greenville, and the P.T.A. of Blythe Academy of Languages. She serves on the Westminster Weekday School Board and the Endowment Board of the Greenville Technical College Charter School.