Dr. Brian Palmer Rubin

Biography

Brian Palmer-Rubin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern California Dornsife College. His research focuses on interest representation, political economy, development, and participatory institutions, with a central emphasis on Mexico. He has previously held academic positions at Marquette University and the Harvard Kennedy School. His notable work includes the book "Evading the Patronage Trap: Interest Representation in Mexico." Palmer-Rubin earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015, and holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, obtained in 2009, as well as a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Pomona College, completed in 2004. He was also a Democracy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2015 to 2017.

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