David E. Skinner

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Professor of History
Affiliation	Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
Email	dskinner@scu.edu; pdnaps@pacbell.net
Mailing Address	Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, California 95053 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 408-554-4112 (office) fax: 510-865-6393
Research Interests	Research interest is the development and significance of Islam, with special reference to West Africa where I have many years of field work experience.
Teaching Interests	Teach African and West Asian history and politics and modern world history. Also teach in the Women and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies programs.
Publications	None on file
Keywords	development ; culture ; Islam ; West Africa ; African history ; West Asian history ; politics.