Faculty Member In:
Department of Political Science

Expertise:
Campaign Finance
Elections
Illinois Politics
Illinois State Government
Legislation and the Legislative Process
Opinion Surveys
Political Polls
Politics & Political Campaigns
Race & Politics

Brian Gaines is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a member of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Dr.Gaines joined the Department of Political Science in 1995, immediately after receiving his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He was a visiting professor at the Department of Applied Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven, in Belgium. And he has served on two Royal Commissions in his native Canada.