Richard Johnston (PhD Stanford) is Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation at UBC. He has also taught at the University of Toronto, the California Institute of Technology, Harvard University (Mackenzie King chair, 1994-5), and the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or co-author of five books, three on Canadian politics and two on US Politics. He has co-edited four other books and has written 90 articles and book chapters. Much of his work focuses on elections and public opinion in Canada and the US. He was Principal Investigator of the 1988 and 1992-3 Canadian Election Studies and Research Director for the National Annenberg Election Survey (Penn), 2000-8. He is also engaged with the study of immigration, multiculturalism, diversity, and the welfare state.

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