David Shirk, Ph.D.

Dr. David Shirk received his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, and joined the Political Science Department at the University of San Diego in 2003. He serves as the Director of the Trans‐Border Institute and conducts research and publishes on topics related to Mexican politics, U.S.‐Mexican relations, and law enforcement and security issues along the U.S.‐Mexican border. Dr. Shirk is the Principal Investigator for TBI's Justice in Mexico Project, a bi‐national research initiative focused on criminal justice and the rule of law in Mexico that is sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Tinker Foundation. He has been a fellow at the Center for U.S.‐Mexican Studies (1998‐99; 2002‐04) and at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2009‐10). 

• Is More Getting Us Less? Real Solutions for Securing Our Border (IPC Perspectives, February 2011)