David Evan Harris is Executive Director of the Global Lives Project and Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. David lived in Brazil from 2004-2007 as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, receiving a master's degree in Sociology from the University of São Paulo. His master’s thesis was a comparative study of the relationships between domestic workers and their employers in Brazil and the US. David received his B.A. in 2003 from UC Berkeley, where he created his own major in "political economy of development and environment." In college David took part in the International Honors Program, where he spent eight months traveling and studying in Tanzania, India, the Philippines, Mexico, and the UK. In 2000, he held an internship at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and has since worked as a consultant to numerous non-profit and educational organizations in the US and Brazil. In Brazil, David wrote and directed newscasts for CurrentTV. His writings and photographs have been published in print and online with the BBC, Adbusters, the Sarai Reader, Glimpse Magazine, Next American City, Focus on the Global South, Alternet and Grist. David’s written work has been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch and Chinese. David speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Spanish and intermediate French.
David Evan Harris is Executive Director of the Global Lives Project and Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. David lived in Brazil... more
badges
Picked for TV I: You achieved level 1 picked for TV on Current.com Beta! [RETIRED] (+5 points)
Commentator I: You achieved level 1 commentator on Current.com Beta! [RETIRED] (+5 points)
Contributor I: You achieved level 1 contributor on Current.com Beta! [RETIRED] (+5 points)
Producer I: You achieved level 1 producer on Current.com Beta! [RETIRED] (+5 points)
Ye Olde-Tymer: Wow, you registered before 10/16/2007! [RETIRED] (+5 points)
-
Current Project:
Global Lives Project (http://www.globallives.org)
