Faculty Directory
Name: David SkidmorePosition: Professor of Politics and International Relations; Director of Center for Global Citizenship
Department: Politics and International Relations
E-mail address: david.skidmore@drake.edu
Phone: (515) 271-3843
FAX: (515) 271-1870
Office: Meredith 213
International Teaching and Research Interests:
American foreign policy; international political economy; international relations theory, globalization.
Courses with international emphasis:
World Politics
American Foreign Policy
Globalization: Salvation, Scourge or Myth?
Grassroots Globalism
Government and Politics in Latin America
Revisiting the Vietnam War
Senior Seminar on International Relations Theory
Geographic areas of special interest:
Latin America; China.
Languages spoken:
Minimal Spanish and German.
Professional and civic organizations:
International Studies Association, American Political Science Association; Iowa Sister States; Past President, United Nations Association of Des Moines.
Additional information:
Director of International Relations major. Spent 1996-97 academic year teaching at Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. Personal web page: http://www.drake.edu/artsci/PolSci/personalwebpage/Skidpage.html
Interested in contacts with:
International visitors: Yes
Media: Yes
Community groups: Yes