David Howard Kaplan | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Geographer, academic, and author |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A. (Honors), Humanities M.S., Geography Ph.D., Geography |
| Alma mater | The Johns Hopkins University University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Thesis | Nationalism and Population Change: An Analysis of Language and Region in Canada (1991) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Kent State University |
David Howard Kaplan is an American geographer, academic, and author. He is a professor of geography at Kent State University.[1]
Kaplan is an author/editor of over a dozen books, including Landscapes of the Ethnic Economy; Urban Geography; Nested Identities: Nationalism, Territory, and Scale; Human Geography; and Navigating Ethnicity: Segregation, Place Making, and Difference. He is also the author of more than 70 articles and book chapters.[2] His research is focused in urban and regional ethnicity, dynamics of residential segregation, urban economies, concepts of nationalism, and sustainable transportation.[3] He is a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers (AAG).[4]
Kaplan has served as both Vice President and President of the AAG (elected President from 2019 to 2020[5] following his vice presidency in the preceding year). In March 2023, Kaplan gave his Past-President’s address calling for greater inclusion in the field of Geography.[6]
In addition to being a Councilor for the American Geographical Society (AGS),[7] he has been the National Co-director of the Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conferences since 2022.[8] He also holds an appointment as the Editor-in-Chief of Geographical Review,[9] Series Editor of Exploring Geography,[10] and Editor of National Identities.[11]