David Acker is a professor of agricultural education at Iowa State University. He has more than 40 years of experience in international agriculture and education, including directing agricultural and natural resource programs in Tanzania, Malawi and Senegal, and serving as a Fulbright Scholar and later as a Fulbright Specialist in Greece. He served for 20 years as associate dean for global engagement in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at ISU. Prior to his time at Iowa State University he led USAID projects in Africa for Oregon State University. Dr. Acker has lectured in Austria, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Greece, Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Uganda, and Ukraine. Acker serves on the board of trustees of the American Farm School, located in Thessaloniki, Greece. Acker’s area of scholarship is education for rural development. In 2009, Acker co-authored Education for Rural People, commissioned and published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He was part of a team that authored Tapping Philanthropy for Development in 2015, based on the agricultural development experiences in rural Uganda of the Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods where he served as director.