Brian Woodall (PhD, Political Science, UC-Berkeley) is a professor in Georgia Tech's Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. He has held positions at UC-Irvine and Harvard University as well as visiting appointments at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Tech, and Tōhoku University. His major publications include Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868 (University Press of Kentucky), Japan Under Construction: Corruption, Politics, and Public Works (University of California Press), and, as co-editor, Elections in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Under the Single Non-Transferable Vote (University Michigan Press). In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics and several academic journals, and has been interviewed on CNN, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Asahi Shimbun, and other media outlets. He has received funding from the U.S. Japan Educational Commission (Fulbright), Coca-Cola Foundation, U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, Abe Fellowship Program of the Social Science Research Council, and the Japan Foundation.