Scholarship and Biography

Alejandro Trelles is the Richman Family Foundation Chair and Assistant Professor of Politics at Brandeis University. He studies elections, electoral institutions, and redistricting in Latin America and Africa. He is the author of Why Elections Need Parties (Cambridge 2026) and teaches comparative politics with a focus on democratic governance.

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Honors

Richman Family Foundation Chair
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2026-Present
Norman and Tomberg Research Award.
Brandeis University, Department of Politics, 2018-Present
Latin American and Latinx Studies Program Research Award
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2019-2020
David B. Houston Human Rights and Social Justice in Latina America Award. Center for Latin American Studies.
University of Pittsburgh (United States, Pittsburgh), 2012-2013
XIII Ex ITAM Research Award for Best Dissertation in Political Science
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico, Mexico City) - ITAM, 2007-2008

Organizational Affiliations

Richman Family Foundation Assistant Professor of Politics, Department of Politics, Brandeis University

Education

University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus
Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus
M.A.