His primary teaching and research areas include postcolonial studies, global cultural studies, and peace studies. His first book, Postcolonial Resistance: Culture, Liberation, and Transformation was published by the University of Toronto Press in 2007. David has also published articles on child rights, development agency marketing, anti-globalization dissent, and African literature. His current research focuses upon discourses of responsibility and the construction of the "human" in contemporary discourses of globalization and global justice.