David J. Smith wachita zaka zopitilira 30 ngati mlangizi, mphunzitsi pantchito, loya, mkhalapakati, mphunzitsi, ndi mphunzitsi. Afunsana ndi makoleji opitilira 400 ku US ndipo wapereka zokambirana zoposa 500 zakumanga mtendere, kuthetsa mikangano, chilungamo pakati pa anthu, komanso maphunziro apadziko lonse lapansi. Ndi purezidenti wa Pulogalamu Yokakamiza Kulimbikitsa Mtendere ndiHumanitarian Education, Inc., 501c3 yopanda phindu yomwe imapereka mwayi wophunzirira kwa ophunzira ndi akatswiri. M'mbuyomu, anali wamkulu pa pulogalamu komanso woyang'anira ku US Institute of Peace. David adaphunzitsa ku Goucher College, University of Georgetown, Towson University ndipo pano ali ku Sukulu Yoyesa Kusamvana ndi Kuthetsa ku George Mason University. David anali US Fulbright Scholar ku Yunivesite ya Tartu (Estonia) komwe amaphunzitsa maphunziro amtendere komanso kuthana ndi mikangano. Alandila Mphotho ya William J. Kreidler Yotchuka pa Ntchito Yothetsa Kusamvana yoperekedwa ndi Association for Conflict Resolution. David ndiye wolemba wa Ntchito Zamtendere: Buku la Ophunzira Kuyamba Ntchito Yogwirira Mtendere (Age Age Publishing 2016) ndi mkonzi wa Kulimbikitsa mtendere muChikumba cha Community: A Resources Resource (USIP Press 2013). Malo owonetsekera: mtendere.
