Bruce E. Cain

Bruce E. Cain is the Heller Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley.

Education

Cain graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bowdoin College in 1970 and studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1976, he received his PHD in political science from Harvard University.

Career

Cain taught at the California Institute of Technology from 1976 to 1989 before he began teaching at Berkeley. He has served as a polling consultant for state and senate races to Fairbank, Canapary and Maulin from 1985 to 86, a redistricting consultant to several government agencies, a consultant to the Los Angeles Times from 1986 to 89) and a political commentator for numerous radio and television stations in California. In March, 2000, he received the Zale Award for Outstanding Achievement in Policy Research and Public Service in March, 2000, and in April, 2000, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition to authoring several books he has co-edited many others.

elected Published Works

"The Reapportionment Puzzle" (1984)

"The Personal Vote" (1987) (written with John Forejohn and Morris Fiorina)

"Congressional Redistricting" (1991) (with David Butler)

External links

*http://polisci.berkeley.edu/Faculty/bio/permanent/Cain,B/