Bernard Grofman

Bernard Norman Grofman is a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine. From the University of Chicago he received a B.S. in mathematics and an M.A. and Ph.D. 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, Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Political Science as Puzzle Solving, A Unified Theory of Voting, and A Unified Theory of Party Competition, 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", "Should you brush your teeth on November 6, 1984?: A rational choice perspective", "A corollary to the third axiom of general semantics", or "Death where is thy sting? The Senate as a Ponce scheme".