Section
Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership

David Bronkema, Ph.D.

Director of International Development, Associate Professor of International Development, Templeton Chair. B.A., Swarthmore College  (Political Science);  M.A., Yale University (International Relations); Ph.D, Yale University (Sociocultural Anthropology). Dr. Bronkema comes to Eastern with a strong blend of academic and practitioner background. His publications, writings, and talks have explored the intersection between religion and development.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Phone: 610-225-5068
Fax: 484-581-1276
Email: dbronkem@eastern.edu  

 EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Yale University (2005)
  • M.A. Yale University (1993)
  • B.A. Swarthmore College (1983)

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Firm Foundations: Christian NGOs, Civil Society, and Social Change, in Roland Hoksbergen and Lowell Ewert, eds, Local Ownership, Global Change: Will Society Save the World? (Monrovia: World Vision/MARC)
  • Foster Just and Sustainable Economic Development, in Glen Stassen, ed, Just Peacemaking: Ten Practices for Abolishing War (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press)
  • When the Bottom Line is Faithfulness: Management of Christian Service Organizations by Thomas Jeavons (Review). Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 25(3): 394-396.
  • The Sao Paulo Process: North-South Donor-Recipient Relationships, Power and Identity Among Christian Development NGOs. PONPO Working Paper No. 230 and ISPS Working Paper No. 2230. (Program on Non-Profit Organizations, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE

  • A Values-Based Approach to Development and Social Change: From Practice to Theory. Co-organizer and co-chair. Latin American Studies Association
  • The Malleable Monolith: Particularizing Enactments of the Universal Development Promise. Co-organizer and co-chair. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
  • Invited Lecture at the Kairos Conference in Lima, Peru.
  • Invited Lecture  University of Delaware
  • Invited Lecture Bryn Mawr College