Bernard Grofman
Bernard Norman Grofman is a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine.
From the University of Chicago he received a B.S. in mathematics and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science. He began teaching at the University of California, Irvine, in 1976, becoming a full professor in 1980.
His works include Quiet Revolution in the South: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act, 1965-1990, Legacies of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Political Science as Puzzle Solving, A Unified Theory of Voting, and A Unified Theory of Party Competition, among many others. He also published over 200 articles in periodicals.
His long-time assistant A Wuffle is also known for publishing journal articles on unusual topics, including "The pure theory of elevators", "Should you brush your teeth on November 6, 1984?: A rational choice perspective", "A corollary to the third axiom of general semantics", or "Death where is thy sting? The Senate as a Ponce scheme".
In 2015, Grofman was appointed as a special master to redraw Virginia's congressional districts after US federal judges ruled that the previous districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to pack one district with African-Americans and dilute their influence through the rest of the state. The US Supreme Court declined to intervene, allowing Grofman's maps to be used.
In 2018, Grofman was again appointed as a special master to redraw the districts for Virginia's House of Delegates.
