Message from Chancellor Fox: One of UCSD’s greatest institutional strengths is the breadth and depth of faculty research on a range of important topics. Each month, Chancellor’s Corner will showcase cross-disciplinary faculty expertise in a specific area. I invite you to learn more about the work of these scholars, and I hope you share my pride in their achievements and their contributions to society.

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Michael A. Bernstein, Professor of History,
Associated Faculty Member in Economics
Michael Bernstein is a specialist on the economic and political history of the United States. He has worked with print and broadcast journalists on a wide array of issues pertaining to economic and political affairs in U.S. history and in the contemporary United States. More…

Wayne A. Cornelius, Gildred Professor of U.S.-Mexican
Relations; Dir., Ctr for Comparative Immigration Studies
Wayne Cornelius, one of the foremost authorities on immigration trends in the nation, specializes in comparative studies of immigration and immigration policy, Mexican politics, and U.S.-Mexican relations and is one of the top experts in the country on Mexican immigration to the United States. More…

Steven P. Erie, Professor, Department of Political Science;
Adjunct Professor, Department of History;
Director, Urban Studies and Planning Program
Steve Erie is an authority on urban politics, public policy, race in politics, and American political development. His research also concerns California water issues, social and economic factors in political incorporation of minority groups, and regional governance, finance, transportation, trade infrastructure, and development. Currently, Erie is interested in Southern California infrastructure and development. More…

Karen Elizabeth Ferree, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Karen Ferree studies the politics of democracy; ethnic politics; and elections, especially in developing countries. She is an expert in South African politics and democracy in Africa; and has done extensive field research in South Africa, the results of which are presented in her dissertation, Voters and Parties in the Rainbow Nation: Race and Elections in the New South Africa. More…

Zoltan L. Hajnal, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Zoltan Hajnal is a scholar of racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, direct democracy, and political behavior. His research interests include minority representation, urban governance, inequality, and political participation. He is currently working on a project that focuses on the multiple dimensions of Independent party choice and a book manuscript that examines the impact of black mayoral leadership on white racial attitudes and voting behavior. More…

Daniel C. Hallin, Professor, Department of Communication, Political Communication and the News Media
Hallins research concerns political communication and the role of the news media in democratic politics. He has written on the media and war, including Vietnam, Central America, and the Gulf War. He is also an authority on the shrinking sound bite and its effect on political journalism. More…

Gary C. Jacobson, Professor, Department of Political Science
An expert in the field of American national politics, Gary Jacobson is an authority on the United States Congress. He focuses his research on Congress and congressional elections, California elections, public opinion, campaign finance, and party politics. His current research is on the electoral basis of partisan polarization in Congress. More…

Thad Kousser, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Thad Kousser researches legislative politics, policymaking, and political regulation. He is an expert in the areas of comparative American state politics, elections and campaigns, as well as California politics, including the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. More…

Ellis S. Krauss, Professor, Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
Krauss is a leading expert on Japanese domestic politics, U.S.-Japan relations, Japan's foreign policy and its role in Asia, and Japanese mass media and politics. Currently, he is is involved in research projects concerning how political parties of Japan have responded and adapted to Japanese electoral reforms of the 1990s, and another on U.S.-Japan relations in comparative perspective, especially compared to U.S.-Britain and U.S.-German relations. More…

Samuel Popkin, Professor, Department of Political Science
Dr. Samuel L. Popkin is an expert in the areas of public opinion, political campaigns, and presidential elections. He has served as an adviser in US Presidential politics since 1972, working with George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and most recently with Al Gore. He worked on polling and strategy for the Clinton campaign, debate strategy and played Ronald Reagan during debate rehearsals for President Carter. From 1983 to 1990, he consulted with CBS News election units on survey design and analysis. More…

Matthew Shugart, Professor, IR/PS, Constitutional Design & Electoral Rules
Shugart is an authority on issues of constitutional design and electoral rules around the world. His research agenda focuses on how democratic political institutions affect the quality of governance. Related to this theme, he has projects underway on how electoral systems affect the relationship between representatives and their constituents, judicial reform in developing countries, and the politics of constitutional replacement in Latin America. His research agenda has developed in parallel with his role as an adviser to several constitutional or electoral-law drafting committees, including those in Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Eritrea, Estonia and Fiji. More…

** To learn more about other campus faculty scholars and areas of expertise, please visit the searchable UCSD Faculty Experts Database at: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/facultyExperts/