David Laitin
FACULTY CO-DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION POLICY LAB; PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE
Stanford Profile
David D. Laitin is the James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He has conducted extensive research in comparative politics with a focus on the intersections of language and religion in nation-state dynamics. Laitin has authored several influential books and collaborated on key studies related to ethnicity, civil wars, and international terrorism.