Bruce E. Cain
Heller Professor of Political Science and
Director of the UC Washington Center, Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 974-6202
Office Location:
UC Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20036
Office Hours: Spring 08 IN DC
Spring 2008 Course: Not teaching in Political Science this term
Bruce E. Cain, Heller Professor of Political Science and Director of the UC, Washington Center, came
to UC Berkeley in 1989 from the California Institute of Technology,
where he taught from 1976 to 1989. A summa cum laude
graduate of Bowdoin College (1970), he studied as a Rhodes
Scholar (1970-1972) at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1976 he
received his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.
His writings include The Reapportionment Puzzle (1984),
The Personal Vote (1987), written with John Forejohn
and Morris Fiorina, and Congressional Redistricting
(1991), with David Butler. He has also co-edited numerous
books, including Developments in American Politics,
Volume I - IV, with Gillian Peele, Constitutional Reform
in California, with Roger Noll, Racial and Ethnic Politics
in California, Vol. II, with Michael Preston and Sandra
Bass, and Voting at the Political Fault Line: California's
Experiment with the Blanket Primary with Elisabeth R.
Gerber (2002). Professor Cain has served as a polling consultant
for state and senate races to Fairbank, Canapary and Maulin
(1985-86); redistricting consultant to (among others) the
Justice Department, 1989; Los Angeles County, 1991; San Diego
Citizens Commission on Redistricting, 2001; City and County
of San Francisco, 2002; Special Master for a three judge panel,
Arizona State Legislative Redistricting, 2002; consultant
to the Los Angeles Times (1986-89) and political commentator
for numerous radio and television stations in Los Angeles
and the Bay Area. He received the Zale Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Policy Research and Public Service in March,
2000, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences in April, 2000.