Dr. Brian Wampler is a Professor of Political Science and Global Studies in the School of Public Service at Boise State University. Wampler's research focuses on citizen participation, civil society, institution building, and well-being. His most recent book is Democracy at Work: Pathways to Well-being in Brazil (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He has published article in journals such as American Political Science Review, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, World Development, Latin American Research and Review, and Latin American Politics and Society. Wampler has conducted research in Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Spain. Dr. McNulty is an Associate Professor of Government at Franklin and Marshall College. She is the author of Democracy from Above? The Unfulfilled Promise of Nationally Mandated Participatory Reforms and Voice and Vote: Decentralization and Participation in Post-Fujimori Peru, both published by Stanford University Press. Her work has also been published in Latin American Politics and Society, the Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Public Deliberation, among other scholarly outlets. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from The George Washington University and a M.A. in Political Science from New York University. She is also a founding member of the PB Global Hub Research Board. Dr. Michael Touchton is Associate Professor of Political Science and Faculty Lead for Global Health with the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas at the University of Miami. He is the co-author of two books: Salvaging Community: How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases, with Cornell University Press, and Democracy at Work: Pathways to Well-Being in Brazil, with Cambridge University Press. He is also the author of more than twenty articles emphasizing local governance and development in Africa and Latin America in top academic journals. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
