Erica De Bruin

Erica De Bruin is an Assistant Professor of Government at Hamilton College since 2016. Her research focuses on coup d'état dynamics and their potential escalation to civil war, with particular emphasis on state security force structures.

• Developed original cross-national dataset on state security forces (1960-2010)
• Recipient of Senesh Fellowship for peace research
• Contributed to military effectiveness and state repression research agendas

Her work challenges traditional civil war theories by examining non-insurgency pathways through security force fragmentation. She has conducted systematic data collection on police, interior troops, and presidential guards across 151 countries.

Scientific awards include:

• Senesh Fellowship
• IPRA Foundation Grant