Kathleen Bruhn

Professor Kathleen Bruhn is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University (1993). Her research focuses on democratization, political parties, and social mobilization in Latin America, with a particular emphasis on Mexico and Brazil.

Research Interests:

• Democratization processes across Latin America
• Political party structures and electoral dynamics
• Social protest and protest policing
• Leftist governance (Pink Tide analysis)
• Populist movements and institutions

Teaching:

• Undergraduate courses: Comparative Politics, U.S.-Mexican Relations, Latin American Politics
• Graduate courses: Democratization, Collective Action, Immigration Policy and Identity

Her current projects explore democratic institutional health in Mexico and populist governance in the region. She has published widely on Mexican elections, party finance, and urban protest dynamics.