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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 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. His research is focused in urban and regional ethnicity, dynamics of residential segregation, urban economies, concepts of nationalism, and sustainable transportation.[2]
Kaplan is a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers (AAG).[3] He served as vice president of AAG from 2018 to 2019 and as president from 2019 to 2020.[2]
Education
[edit]Born on September 28, 1960, in Worcester, Massachusetts, Kaplan earned a B.A. in Humanities with a concentration in English Literature and History from The Johns Hopkins University in 1982. He obtained an M.S. (1986) and a Ph.D. (1991) in Geography from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.[1]
Career
[edit]Kaplan's academic career began at the University of Southern California and later at the University of St. Thomas. He joined Kent State University in 1995 and was promoted to professor in 2005. He has also held appointments as Carroll Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Oregon in spring 2014; and as a Distinguished Visiting professor at Henan University's School of Geography and Environment in summer 2022.[1]
Kaplan is a Councilor for the American Geographical Society (AGS)[4] and is the Editor-in-Chief of Geographical Review,[5] Series Editor of Exploring Geography,[6] and Editor of National Identities.[7]
Research
[edit]Kaplan has researched four major topics: national identity, borderlands, and separatist movements; urban segregation patterns and their relationship to housing finance and economic opportunity worldwide; urban planning and sustainable transportation; and geography as a discipline.[1]
Nationalism and national identities
[edit]In one of his early works, Nested Identities: Nationalism, Territory, And Scale, Kaplan maintained that national identity cannot be fully comprehended without considering the role of territory.[8] Building on this work, his co-edited book Scaling Identities: Nationalism and Territory focused on the connections between national identity, territory, and scale. This book was praised by Alexander C. Deiner as "an exceptionally readable and insightful volume" for those interested in the topic.[9] Tamás Illés said that it is most successful "in weaving together wholly different place contexts around a clear-cut lens of investigation,"[10] whereas Kofi Johnson noted that the book's strength is its "theoretical scope".[11]
Kaplan co-edited with Guntram H. Herb, a four-volume book, Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview, which provided coverage of nationalism from the French Revolution to the contemporary period.[12]
Other research
[edit]Kaplan has made contributions to the literature on ethnic segregation, examining the social and geographical dimensions of group formation and distribution, analyzing the underlying processes and significance, and proposing a framework for further study.[13] In Navigating Ethnicity: Segregation, Placemaking, and Difference, he demonstrated how spatial arrangements shape cultural identity and opportunities, from segregation to multiculturalism and diasporas, and offered a perspective on the contingent nature of ethnicity. Carlos Teixeira called this book a "rich, well-organized manuscript" that offers an "impressive in-depth analysis of important global concepts."[14] Markku Mattila gave a mixed review and wrote "while the book does omit certain information, contains a few factual errors and several unclear passages, they in no way diminishes its value."[15]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 1989 – Rufus Z. Smith Prize "Most Distinguished Article" in the American Review of Canadian Studies
- 2008 – Best Reference Title, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
- 2016 – Ethnic Geography Specialty Group Career Award
- 2018 – Distinguished Teaching Award, Kent State University[16]
- 2018 – Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award, American Association of Geographers[17]
- 2023 – AAG Fellow, American Association of Geographers[3]
Bibliography
[edit]Selected books
[edit]- Herb, Guntram Henrik; Kaplan, David H. (1999). Nested Identities: Nationalism, Territory, and Scale. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0847684670.
- Kaplan, David H.; Häkli, Jouni (2002). Boundaries and Place: European Borderlands in Geographical Context. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0847698837.
- Kaplan, David H.; Li, Wei (2006). Landscapes of the Ethnic Economy. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0742529489.
- Malinowski, Jon; David h. Kaplan, Professor (2013). Human Geography. McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0076656653.
- Kaplan, Dave H.; Holloway, Steven (2014). Urban Geography. Wiley. ISBN 978-1118573853.
- Navigating Ethnicity: Segregation, Place Making, and Difference. 2017. ISBN 978-1538101896.
- Herb, Guntram Henrik; Kaplan, David H. (2017). Scaling Identities: Nationalism and Territory. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1442264762.
Selected articles
[edit]- Kaplan, D. H. (1994). "Two nations in search of a state: Canada's ambivalent spatial identities". Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 84 (4): 587–608.
- Kaplan, D. H. (1998). "The spatial structure of urban ethnic economies". Urban Geography. 19 (6): 489–501. doi:10.2747/0272-3638.19.6.489.
- Kaplan, D. H.; Woodhouse, K. (2004). "Research in Ethnic Segregation I: Causal Factors". Urban Geography. 25 (6): 579–585. doi:10.2747/0272-3638.25.6.579.
- Crump, J.; Newman, K.; Belsky, E. S.; Ashton, P.; Kaplan, D. H.; Hammel, D. J.; Wyly, E. (2008). "Cities destroyed (again) for cash: Forum on the US foreclosure crisis". Urban Geography. 29 (8): 745–784. doi:10.2747/0272-3638.29.8.745.
- Kaplan, D. H.; Chacko, E. (2015). "Placing immigrant identities". Journal of Cultural Geography. 32 (1): 129–138. doi:10.1080/08873631.2015.1004852.
- Kaplan, D. H. (2015). "Transportation sustainability on a university campus". International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 16 (2): 173–186. Bibcode:2015IJSHE..16..173K. doi:10.1108/IJSHE-03-2013-0023.
- Kaplan, D. H. (2021). "Geography's position in education today". The Professional Geographer. 73 (4): 608–618. Bibcode:2021ProfG..73..608K. doi:10.1080/00330124.2021.1906922.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "David H. Kaplan - Kent State University". Kent State University.
- ^ a b "KSU professor named VP of American Association of Geographers". Record Courier. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b "2023 AAG Awards Recognition". American Association of Geogrpahers. January 11, 2023.
- ^ "Council Members – American Geographical Society". American Geographical Society. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Editorial Board". Geographical Review. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Exploring Geography". Rowman and Littlefield. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Editorial Board". National Indentities. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Paasi, Anssi (1 December 2000). "Book Review: Nested identities: nationalism, territory and scale". Progress in Human Geography. 24 (4): 686–688. doi:10.1177/030913250002400424. ISSN 0309-1325.
- ^ Diener, Alexander C. (2020). "Scaling Identities: Nationalism and Territory". The AAG Review of Books. 8: 15–18. doi:10.1080/2325548X.2020.1689045. S2CID 213005819.
- ^ Illés, Tamás (December 20, 2018). "Herb, G.H. and Kaplan, D.H. (eds.): Scaling Identities: Nationalism and Territoriality". Hungarian Geographical Bulletin. 67 (4): 401–404. Bibcode:2018HuGBu..67..401I. doi:10.15201/hungeobull.67.4.9. S2CID 149881350 – via ojs.mtak.hu.
- ^ "Reviewed Work – Scaling Identities: Nationalism and Territoriality by Herb Guntram H., Kaplan David H." JSTOR 26570137.
- ^ "Reviewed Work – Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview by Guntram H. Herb, David H. Kaplan". JSTOR 20865104.
- ^ Kaplan, David H. (2004). "Ethnic Segregation: Measurement, Causes, and Consequences". World Minds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems. pp. 151–156. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2352-1_25. ISBN 978-1-4020-1613-4.
- ^ Teixeira, Carlos (2019). "Navigating ethnicity: Segregation, placemaking and difference, by David H. Kaplan". Journal of Urban Affairs. 41 (3): 411–413. doi:10.1080/07352166.2018.1507218. S2CID 158843895.
- ^ Mattila, Markku (2 September 2018). "Navigating ethnicity: segregation, placemaking, and difference". Space and Polity. 22 (3): 362–364. doi:10.1080/13562576.2018.1503046.
- ^ "Kent State Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient Values Mentoring Students". Kent State University. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "AAG Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- David H. Kaplan publications indexed by Google Scholar