Gerald Lewis "Gerry" Caplan (born 8 March 1938) is a Canadian academic, public policy analyst, commentator and political activist. He has had a varied career in academia, as a political organizer for the New Democratic Party, in advocacy around education, broadcasting and African affairs and as a commentator in various Canadian media. Caplan is the author of Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide (2000), written for the Organization of African Unity's International Panel of Eminent Personalities to Investigate the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He is considered a leading expert on genocide.