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David Laitin

David Laitin

· James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor

Stanford University · African Studies

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Research topics

  • Political science
  • Sociology
  • Computer science
  • Political economy
  • Geography

Frequent coauthors

  • Gerald H. Clayton

    Children's Hospital Colorado

    106 shared

  • Beverly Kearns

    University of Wisconsin–Madison

    106 shared

  • Dan Metlay

    University of Wisconsin–Madison

    106 shared

  • William Lunch

    Public Policy Institute of California

    106 shared

  • Sam Kernell

    106 shared

  • Yvonne Jones

    106 shared

  • Dorothy Clayton

    East Carolina University

    97 shared

  • Judith Goldstein

    Princeton University

    86 shared

Education

  • B.A.

    Swarthmore College

  • Ph.D., Political Science

    UC Berkeley

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