Affiliated with the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy

Email: oliver.kaplan@du.edu

Phone: 303-871-2377

Office: 307 Ben M. Cherrington Hall
2201 South Gaylord Street
Denver, Colorado 80208

Website: http://mysite.du.edu/~okaplan2/Welcome.html

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Education

• PhD, Stanford University
• BA, University of California, San Diego

Research and Expertise

Civil war, human rights, counterinsurgency, foreign development assistance, drug-trafficking issues, civilian protection, social movements, Latin America, Colombia.

Professional Profile

• Assistant Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (2013-present); Lecturer (2012); Affiliate of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy
• Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
• Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University from 2010-2011)
• His book project, Civilian Autonomy in Civil War, received the Diskin Dissertation award honorable mention from the Latin American Studies Association

Recent Publications

Kaplan, O. (2013). Protecting civilians in civil war: The institution of the ATCC in Colombia. 2013. Journal of Peace Research, 50(3), 351–367.

Albertus, M. & Kaplan, O. (2012). Land reform as a counterinsurgency policy:  The case of Colombia. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57(2), 198–231.

Courses

• INTS 4875: Human Rights and Foreign Policy (Fall 2012)
• INTS 4595: Civil Wars and International Responses Part II: Post-War Peacebuilding (Winter 2013)
• INTS: Civilian Protection in Armed Conflicts (Spring 2013)