David Collier (political scientist)

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David Collier (born February 17, 1942) is an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. He is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He works in the fields of comparative politics, Latin American politics, and methodology.^[1] His father was the anthropologist Donald Collier.^[2]