Professor Maxwell A. Cameron (Ph.D., California, Berkeley, 1989) is jointly appointed with the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and Political Science. Professor Cameron specializes in comparative politics (Latin America), constitutionalism, democracy, and political economy. He is the author or editor of a dozen academic books as well as over fifty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Cameron has held visiting positions in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame University (1996) and at Yale University, where he was the Canadian Bicentennial Professor in 2005. In 2006 he served as political advisor to the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Peru. A frequent commentator in the media, Cameron is regularly consulted by governments, legislatures, and both domestic and international electoral authorities on matters related to democracy and governance.