David Silver

David Silver is a professor of environmental studies and affiliate faculty of urban agriculture. He teaches classes on urban agriculture, hyper-local food systems, and food, culture, and storytelling. David recently published The Farm at Black Mountain College (Atelier Editions and Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, 2024), the product of a decade's worth of original research. He serves as the faculty advisor of the USF Food Pantry and is one of the original founders, with Carol Spector and Debbie Benrubi, of the USF Seed Library. He lives in Oakland with his family.

• Program Director, Environmental Studies (2018 - 2024)

• PhD, American Studies, University of Maryland
• BA, English, University of California, Los Angeles

• Collective Achievement Award (for the USF Food Pantry Redesign), with Rachel Beth Egenhoefer and Hannah Ogden, College of Arts and Sciences, April 2025.
• Provost’s Community Engaged Learning Faculty Award, USF, April 2024.
• Provost’s Educational Effectiveness Award (for the USF Food Pantry), awarded with: Shawn Calhoun, Nicholas Heng, David Holler, Aja Holmes, Suzanne Kisylia, Jenny Lee, Star Moore, Garrett O'Doherty, Andrea Rocha, Kahanu Salavea, myself, Ronné Sims, Crystal Chun Wong, and Lucy Zhu, USF, April 2023.

• College Media Award, College of Arts and Sciences, USF, 2010

• Faculty Innovation Award, Center for Instruction and Technology, USF, 2008