David J Simon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1599645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Simon |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Simon |
| SIGNATURE | SIMON D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From prosthetic memory to prosthetic denial
The proliferation of large language models (LLMs) can influence how historical narratives are disseminated and perceived. This study explores the implications of LLMs’ responses on the representation of mass atrocity memory, examining whether generative AI systems contribute to prosthetic memory, i.e., mediated experiences of historical events, or to what we term “prosthetic denial,” the AI-mediated erasure or distortion of atrocity memories. We …
Mass Violence and Memory in the Digital Age
Conclusion
Our Common Lands
Plus ça change
France is frequently identified as the country whose official development assistance (ODA) aid program is most oriented toward the promotion of its foreign policy goals. We examine whether France reoriented the allocation of its aid in Africa to reflect changing priorities in the 1990s. Using panel data, we compare the patterns in French aid allocation to African recipients during the period 1980--1989 with that during the period 1990--2000. We f…
Rwanda's Genocide
Economic Conditions and Incumbent Support in Africa's New Democracies
In this article, the authors investigate the effects of economic conditions on support for an incumbent regime in a new African democracy. Drawing on two unique data sources from Zambia—the results of a 1,200-respondent postelection survey and a pair of 10,000-household poverty surveys conducted in the same years as that country's first two posttransition general elections—the authors find evidence that declining economic conditions coincide with…
Economic Conditions and Incumbent Support in Africa's New Democracies
In this article, the authors investigate the effects of economic conditions on support for an incumbent regime in a new African democracy. Drawing on two unique data sources from Zambia—the results of a 1,200-respondent postelection survey and a pair of 10,000-household poverty surveys conducted in the same years as that country's first two posttransition general elections—the authors find evidence that declining economic conditions coincide with…
Plus ça change
France is frequently identified as the country whose official development assistance (ODA) aid program is most oriented toward the promotion of its foreign policy goals. We examine whether France reoriented the allocation of its aid in Africa to reflect changing priorities in the 1990s. Using panel data, we compare the patterns in French aid allocation to African recipients during the period 1980--1989 with that during the period 1990--2000. We f…
Economic Conditions and Incumbent Support in Africa's New Democracies
In this article, the authors investigate the effects of economic conditions on support for an incumbent regime in a new African democracy. Drawing on two unique data sources from Zambia—the results of a 1,200-respondent postelection survey and a pair of 10,000-household poverty surveys conducted in the same years as that country's first two posttransition general elections—the authors find evidence that declining economic conditions coincide with…
Plus ça change
France is frequently identified as the country whose official development assistance (ODA) aid program is most oriented toward the promotion of its foreign policy goals. We examine whether France reoriented the allocation of its aid in Africa to reflect changing priorities in the 1990s. Using panel data, we compare the patterns in French aid allocation to African recipients during the period 1980--1989 with that during the period 1990--2000. We f…
Rwanda's Genocide
Our Common Lands
Mass Violence and Memory in the Digital Age
Conclusion
From prosthetic memory to prosthetic denial
The proliferation of large language models (LLMs) can influence how historical narratives are disseminated and perceived. This study explores the implications of LLMs’ responses on the representation of mass atrocity memory, examining whether generative AI systems contribute to prosthetic memory, i.e., mediated experiences of historical events, or to what we term “prosthetic denial,” the AI-mediated erasure or distortion of atrocity memories. We …
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Genocide (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)