birth_place workplace birth_date doctoral_students article_title name occupation
chicago , illinois university of california , berkeley 17 february 1942 steven deborah yashar , thad dunning , zachary elkins , jason levitsky seawright , diana kapiszewski , james mahoney , barbara geddes , david collier -lrb- political scientist -rrb-
 david collier professor , political scientist
david collier -lrb- political scientist -rrb-

david collier -lrb- born february 17 , 1942 -rrb- is robson professor in the graduate school at the university of california , berkeley .
he works in the fields of comparative politics , latin american politics , and methodology .
recent co-authored and co-edited methodological work includes `` rethinking social inquiry : diverse tools , shared standards '' , 2nd expanded edition ; `` statistical models and causal inference : a dialogue with the social sciences '' ; and `` the oxford handbook of political methodology '' .
collier is engaged in ongoing projects on the challenges of integrating quantitative and qualitative methods and of using this integrated perspective to gain new leverage in conceptualization , measurement , and causal inference .
