Education
In South African politics from the University of Cape Town in 1992 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1996.
In South African politics from the University of Cape Town in 1992 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1996.
Reynolds is a specialist in democratization, electoral system design, constitutional design, minority rights and ethnic conflict. A British citizen, he received his Master of Arts he taught at the University of Notre Dame from 1997–2001 and at Chapel Hill since 2001. Since 2008 he has been the Chair of the Global Studies Curriculum there.
Since 1995 he has undertaken advising missions to over twenty countries and been an expert consultant for half a dozen others
His missions have been sponsored by the United Nations, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance ( the International Development & Education Award), the United Kingdom Department for International Development, the United States State Department, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) and the International Foundation for Election Systems. He has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other papers.
He also and sits on the editorial board of the academic journal Representation. His work has been translated into multiple languages: French, Spanish, Arabic, Serbo-Croat, Albanian, Burmese, and Portuguese.
He was an adviser to the Sudan People"s Liberation Movement in the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement talks (2003–2005), the Afghan Wolesi Jirga (2003–2007), the Libyan National Transitional Council (2011) and a number of Egyptian political parties (2011).