Dr. Brian Wampler is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boise State University where he has taught since earning his Ph.D. at the University of Texas, Austin in 2001. Dr. Wampler was named a Fulbright Scholar by the U.S. State Department and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and spent the 2009-2010 academic year conducting research, teaching and lecturing at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Dr. Wampler's main area of research focuses on participatory institutions at the subnational level in Brazil and Latin America. He has multiple scholarly and policy publications on this topic, including a book published by Penn State Press. A secondary area of research involves the behaviors and attitudes of Mexican migrants to Idaho. Dr. Wampler teaches courses within the International Relations subfield, including Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, the Politics of Developing Nations, Latin American Politics Through Film, and American National Government. He is also the advisor to the local chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, a national honorary association for political science students.