David is one of our department’s most prestigious PhD graduates. After earning his doctorate in 1970, he taught at Kansas State, Houston, and Rice before joining the faculty at Stanford in 1986. While at Stanford he has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and as Vice Provost for Distance Learning. He has twice been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He presently holds the McCoy Professorship in Ethics at the Business School and is Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution. His research focuses on the ties between elections, institutions (especially legislatures) and public policies.