David Stephens
David Stephens was born in 1950, in Woking, Surrey. He graduated in 1972 from the University of Reading with a degree in Modern History & Politics and went on to gain a PGCE at the University of Southampton, picking up his M.Ed. in 1976 and PhD in 1982 - both from the University of Exeter. He has worked in Afghanistan, Laos, Kenya and Sierra Leone as a professor and researcher, spending the past six years in Lima, Peru. He is the eldest of five siblings, son of two teachers, and author of...See more
David Stephens was born in 1950, in Woking, Surrey. He graduated in 1972 from the University of Reading with a degree in Modern History & Politics and went on to gain a PGCE at the University of Southampton, picking up his M.Ed. in 1976 and PhD in 1982 - both from the University of Exeter. He has worked in Afghanistan, Laos, Kenya and Sierra Leone as a professor and researcher, spending the past six years in Lima, Peru. He is the eldest of five siblings, son of two teachers, and author of Purely Academic: A Satire, The Disappeared and Under Andean Skies: Living and Writing in Peru. He is a snazzy and natty former Ten Pound Pom who has filled his life with an awful lot of adventure. See less
