Associate Professor, Department of Government
HDO Master’s Course: The Structures of Organizations
HDO One-Day Professional Seminar: The Art & Science of Negotiation
zelkins@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Yale University
Research Interests: Dr. Elkins’ research focuses on issues of democracy, institutional reform, research methods, and national identity, with an emphasis on cases in Latin America. He co-directs both the Comparative Constitutions Project, an initiative to understand the causes and consequences of constitutional choices, and the website constitutionmaking.org, which provides resources and analysis for constitutional drafters in new democracies.