David Walbert

Editorial & Web Director

David Walbert is Editorial & Web Director for LEARN NC and is responsible for all of LEARN NC's educational publications. He also oversees development of various web applications including LEARN NC's website and content management systems, and is the organization's primary web, information, and visual designer. David has worked with LEARN NC since August 1997.

An erstwhile cultural historian and onetime aspiring theoretical physicist, David holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Garden Spot: Lancaster County, the Old Order Amish, and the Selling of Rural America, published in 2002 by Oxford University Press. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and is widely if accidentally known for raising Khaki Campbell ducks. In his spare time he enjoys rustling cats, herding snails, taking his basset hound for hikes along the Eno River, and telling his daughter to quit jumping on the furniture.