- Bernard Grofman
Bernard Norman Grofman (born
December 2 ,1944 ) is apolitical scientist at theUniversity of California, Irvine .From the
University of Chicago he received a B.S. (1966) in mathematics and an M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1972) in political science. He began teaching at the University of California, Irvine, in 1976, becoming a full professor in 1980.His works include "Quiet Revolution in the South: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-1990" (with Chandler Davidson, eds., 1994), "Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act" (ed., 2000), "Political Science as Puzzle Solving" (ed., 2001), "A Unified Theory of Voting" (with
Samuel Merrill III , 1999), and "A Unified Theory of Party Competition" (with James Adams and Samuel Merrill III, 2005), among many others. He also published over 200 articles in periodicals.His long-time assistant A Wuffle is also known for publishing journal articles on unusual topics, including "The pure theory of elevators" ("Mathematics Magazine", 1982), "Should you brush your teeth on November 6, 1984?: A rational choice perspective" ("PS", 1984), "A corollary to the third axiom of general semantics" ("Journal of Theoretical Politics", 1992), or "Death where is thy sting? The Senate as a Ponce (de Leon) scheme" ("PS", 1997).
External links
* [http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~bgrofman/ Bernard Grofman's website]
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