David Marshall Barrett

Background

David Marshall Barrett was born on December 7, 1951 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Son of Edward J. and Frances S. Barrett.

Education

David received a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1973. He received a M.A. degree from the University of Essex in 1985. In 1990 a Ph.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Career

David worked as news director at WLOI-Radio, La Porte, Indiana in 1974. From 1975 till 1984 he worked as public affairs director, at WNIT Public Television, South Bend, Indiana. He was a visiting assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee from 1989 till 1990. He has also been an assistant professor of political science at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania since 1990. In 1984 he was Democratic primary candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana’s 3rd District.

Achievements

• David was received Zahm travel grant from University of Notre Dame in 1989, Moody grant from Lyndon Johnson Foundation in 1991, grant from American Political Science Association in 1994 and from Dirksen Congressional Research Center in 1994.

Works

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• book

  • Uncertain Warriors: Lyndon Johnson and His Vietnam Advisors
  • The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy
  • Blind over Cuba: The Photo Gap and the Missile Crisis (Foreign Relations and the Presidency)

Membership

He is a member of American Political Science Association.

Connections

Father:

Edward J. Barrett

Mother:

Frances S. Barrett