Marcella David

Professor David is Professor of Law & International Studies and Associate Dean for the College of Law. She returned to the law school faculty in January 2010 after serving over five years in central administration, most recently as the university’s first Special Assistant to the President for Equal Opportunity and Diversity and Associate Provost for Diversity (from 2006-2009).

Professor David joined the law faculty in 1995.

At Iowa, Professor David teaches, among other subjects, Introduction to Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, US Foreign Relations Law, and Human Rights. Her publications include a chapter on "The US Government and Women" in a multi-volume sourcebook on The International Rights of Women (Transnational Press), and articles published in Harvard International Law Journal, Michigan Journal of International Law and Human Rights Quarterly. She served as guest editor to a symposium edition of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems addressing economic sanctions on Iraq.

Professor David is a past member and past chair of the Governing Board of the Worker Rights Consortium, a non-governmental organization that assists in ensuring that university-logoed goods are manufactured under conditions that respect the rights of workers; she currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Diversity Focus, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote diversity and inclusion in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor.