David L. Szanton

David Szanton Executive Director of International and Area Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Positions
 * University of California, Berkeley, 1991-1999
 * Executive Director, International and Area Studies, UC Berkeley
 * Editor-in-Chief, IAS Publications
 * Convener, IAS Dissertation Workshop Program
 * Coordinator, UC - esATI (KwaZulu Natal) Collaboration
 * Social Science Research Council, New York, 1975 - 1991
 * Staff Associate, Executive Associate
 * The Ford Foundation, 1970-74.
 * Project Specialist in Asian Studies, Bangkok, Thailand, 1972-74. Assistant to the Representative, Manila, Philippines, 1970-72

Professional Experience
 * Consultant, Rockefeller Foundation, 1995-1999
 * Visiting Fellow, University of Natal, Durban, RSA, 1994-97
 * Visiting Senior Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, 1989-92
 * Service to United States Commission to UNESCO, Wenner Gren Foundation, NEH, NSF, Volkswagen Foundation
 * Founder, Ethnic Arts Foundation, 1981

Publications

 * The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, Edited by David L. Szanton, 2002.

Related Sourcewatch

 * Institute of International Studies - Former Faculty member
 * In 1971 Szanton was assistant to Howard G. Schaller in the Ford Foundation's Southeast Asia office.