David C. Rapoport
American political scientist
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David C. Rapoport's Degrees
- PhD Political Science University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Political Science University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Political Science University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, David Charles Rapoport is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles who focuses on the study of terrorism. Biography Rapoport received his Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley in 1960. In 1962 he joined the UCLA political science department. In the late 1960s he became interested in terrorism and in 1969 taught the first terrorist course in the U.S. In 1989, he established the journal Terrorism and Political Violence and is its chief editor., credited as “one of two journals which has made terrorism into an academic field”. He received 12 Awards from a variety of Foundations including the Social Science Research Council, Ford Foundation, Fulbright, American Council of Learned Societies, National Institute of Mental Health and Harry Frank Guggenheim.
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