David Bronkema, Ph.D.

Dr. David Bronkema is the director and associate professor of International Development and Templeton Chair at Eastern University. He comes to Eastern University with a strong 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 (Political Science) (2005)
• M.A., Yale University (International Relations) (1993)
• B.A., Swarthmore College (Sociocultural Anthropology) (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