Gibbs, David N.

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GIBBS, David N.

GIBBS, David N. American/German, b. 1958. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: Research Monitor, reporter, 1978-79; U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, volunteer English teacher at a high school in rural Niger, 1979-80; U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, foreign affairs assistant and head of Africa/Middle East desk at foreign fisheries analysis division, 1981-82; University of Wisconsin-Madison, MacArthur post doctoral fellow, 1989-90; University of Arizona, Tucson, assistant professor of political science, 1990-96, associate professor, 1996-; Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, research fellow, 1998, and member of center of Middle East studies. Publications: The Political Economy of Third World Intervention: Mines, Money, and U.S. Policy in the Congo Crisis, 1991. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to political science journals, periodicals and newspapers. Address: Department of Political Science, 315 Social Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]