Pablo M. Pinto is a Distinguished Professor and the director of the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs. His areas of expertise include international and comparative political economy, comparative politics, globalization, and the role of ideology, socialization and self-interest in the formation of individual public policy preferences. Professor Pinto holds a law degree from Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina; an MA from Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan; and a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Prior to joining the University of Houston in 2014, he was a member of the faculty of Columbia University. (Fall 2025)