Jeffrey Kaplan (academic)

Jeffrey Kaplan
Kaplan in 2023
Born(1954-03-23)March 23, 1954
DiedMarch 12, 2025(2025-03-12) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)Professor, author
Known forResearch on extremism
Academic background
EducationColorado State University (M.A., 1981)
Tufts University (M.A., 1989)
University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1993)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Jeffrey Kaplan (born 1954) was an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on racism, religious violence, terrorism and the far-right. He was an associate professor of religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory.

Kaplan formerly sat on the editorial boards of the journals Terrorism and Political Violence, Nova Religio and The Pomegranate.