David Skidmore received his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University and taught at Hamilton College and the University of Notre Dame before arriving at Drake in 1989. During the 1996-97 academic year, he taught at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar based at the University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011. Skidmore served as Director of the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship (2002-2017) and the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (2012-2017), both at Drake University. He is past Director of the Drake Curriculum and First Year Seminar programs. He currently serves as Vice Dean of the Qingdao University-Drake University United College. His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of international political economy and American foreign policy. Skidmore is author, co-author or editor of eight books including a monograph titled The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2011), and a co-authored textbook titled International Political Economy: The Struggle for Power and Wealth in a Globalizing World (Routledge, 2017). His most recent books are China, the West, and Competitive Convergence in the Global Development Finance Regime, and a Research Handbook on American Foreign and Security Policy (forthcoming). He is at work on a Research Handbook on Multilateral Development Banks. He has published numerous articles in academic journals, including Political Science Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Perspectives, the Chinese Journal of International Politics, and Asian Politics and Policy. His editorial writing has appeared in Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Salon, The Conversation, the Diplomat, Global Times and the Des Moines Register. Along with journalist Kyle Munson, Skidmore co-hosted the podcast: US-China: Searching for Common Ground.
