David Bronkema

Dr. David Bronkema, has a strong blend of academic and practitioner background. His publications, writings, and talks have explored the intersection between religion and development. After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1983, he spent the next five years working as the Assistant Communications Coordinator of a Honduran Protestant community development organization, the Christian Commission for Development (CCD). During this time, he also worked closely with peasant, labor, and human rights organizations in Honduras who were deeply affected by the political conflict in that country and the rest of the isthmus. In 1988, Dr. Bronkema returned to the United States and spent the next three years on the faculty of Swarthmore College’s Athletic Department. In 1993, David worked for a year at an environmental consulting firm, the Eastern Research Group. In 1998, he joined the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) as the Program Coordinator for the Latin America and Caribbean Region. For the last eight years, Dr. Bronkema was in charge of supervising and coordinating ASFC’s staff and programs on economic justice, peace building, demilitarization, and human mobility.

Course: Arts in Social Services: Towards a Systematic Understanding of Social Services