David Hoffman

Assc Professor

Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

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Email Address: david.hoffman@baruch.cuny.edu

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Biography
Teaching
Research and Creative Activity
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Honors and Awards
Service

David Hoffman works at the intersection of rhetoric, history and politics. He has published work on classical rhetorical theory, as well as rhetorical criticism of political figures, both historical and contemporary. His work has appeared in such journals as Rhetorica, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly. Professor Hoffman has also taught courses in rhetorical theory, persuasion, and public advocacy and has conducted seminars in leadership and the communication of emotion. He has helped to conduct communication development sessions for the Leadership Academy, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

He received his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa in 2000.

Education

Rhetorics of Inquiry, The University of Iowa

Ph.D., Communication Studies Rhetoric, The University of Iowa

M.A., Rhetoric and Communications, Temple University

B.A., Communications, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Semester	Course Prefix	Course Number	Course Name
Fall 2023	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2023	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Summer 2023	PAF	9202	Civic and Political Speech-Mak
Spring 2023	PAF	9202	Civic and Political Speech-Mak
Spring 2023	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2023	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2022	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2022	PAF	9202	Civic and Political Speech-Mak
Spring 2022	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2021	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2021	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Summer 2021	PAF	9104	Media, Politics, and Public Cu
Spring 2021	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2021	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2020	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2020	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2020	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Summer 2020	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Summer 2020	PAF	9104	Media, Politics, and Public Cu
Spring 2020	PAF	9104	Media, Politics, and Public Cu
Spring 2020	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2020	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2019	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2019	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2019	COM	3064	Classical Rhetoric
Spring 2019	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2019	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2018	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Fall 2018	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2017	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2017	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2017	IDC	1001H	Honors-The Arts in New York
Spring 2017	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2017	IDC	4050H	Hon Feit Hum Sem I
Spring 2017	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2016	IDC	1001H	Honors-The Arts in New York
Fall 2016	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Summer 2016	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Summer 2016	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2016	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2016	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2016	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2015	IDC	1001H	Honors-The Arts in New York
Fall 2015	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2015	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Summer 2015	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2015	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2015	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2014	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2014	IDC	4050H	Hon Feit Hum Sem I
Fall 2014	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2014	PAF	9139	Communication Strategy
Spring 2014	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2014	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2013	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2013	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Summer 2013	PAF	9139	Communication Strategy
Spring 2013	ANT	1001H	Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro
Spring 2013	IDC	1002H	Honors Chase Interdisciplinary
Spring 2013	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2012	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2012	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2012	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2012	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2012	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2012	PAF	9139	Communication Strategy
Spring 2011	PAF	9199	Selected Topics In PAF
Spring 2011	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2011	IDC	4050H	Hon Feit Hum Sem I
Fall 2010	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2010	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc
Spring 2009	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2008	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2008	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc
Summer 2008	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2008	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2008	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2007	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2007	PUB	1250	Pub Adm In Mod Soc
Summer 2007	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2007	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2006	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2006	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2006	PAF	9999	Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2006	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2006	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2005	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2005	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2005	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2005	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2004	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2004	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2004	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Spring 2004	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2003	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2003	PAF	9103	Communication Public Settings
Fall 2003	PAF	3201	Public Comm and Organizations

Books

Hoffman, D. (2023). “Bold Enough to be Honest”: The Rhetoric of Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason. Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press.

Hoffman, D. C. (2023). American Freethought: The History of a Social Movement, 1794-1948 . Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins University Press.

Journal Articles

Hoffman, D., & Lanza, M. (2018). New York Transformed: Urban Renewal Narratives in the Speeches of Michael Bloomberg.

Geva-May, I., Hoffman, D., & Muhleisen, J. (2018). 20 Years of Comparative Policy Analysis: A Survey and Discussion of Topics and Methods in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and Beyond. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 20(1). 18-35.

Hoffman, D. (2013). "The Creation We Behold": Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason and Physico-Theology. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society/American Philosophical Society, 157(3). 281-303.

(2013). Cross-Examining Scripture: Testimonial Strategies on Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. Rhetorica, 31(3). 261-95.

(2008). Concerning Eikos: Social Expectation and Verisimilitude in Early Attic Rhetoric. Rhetorica/ International Society for the History of Rhetoric, 26(1). 1-29.

(2008). Murder in Sophistopolis: Paradox and Probability in the First Tetralogy. Argumentation and Advocacy/American Forensic Association, 45(1). 1-20.

(2006). Protagoras' Pedagogy of Civic Excellence. Anistorian, 10(2).

(2006). Structural Logos in Heraclitus and the Sophists. Advances in the History of Rhetoric/ American Society for the History of Rhetoric, 9. 1-32.

(2006). Paine and Prejudice: Rhetorical Leadership through Perceptual Framing in Common Sense. Rhetoric and Public Affairs/Mighigan State University Press, 9(3). 373-410.

(2003). Logos as Composition. Rhetoric Society Quarterly/ Rhetoric Society of America, 33(3). 27-53.

(2002). Justice and the Self: A Reading of Plato’s Gorgias. Anistorian, 6.

(1996). The Role of Narrativity in Public Speaking. Journal of Communications, 28. 48-73.

Book Chapters

Geva-May, I., Hoffman, D., & Muhleisen, J. (2020). Trends in the Development of Comparative Policy Analysis. In Fontaine, G., & Peters, B. (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis (p. pages 367–384). Cheltenham,United Kingdom. Edward Elgar Publishing.

(2020). Trends in the Development of Comparative Policy Analysis. Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis Elgar.

Hoffman, D. (2017). Mêtis, Themis and the Practice of Epic Speech. In Reames-Henry, R. (Ed.), Logos Without Rhetoric: The Arts of Language Before Plato Columbia, SC. University of South Carolina Press.

Hoffman, D., & Carlos, C. M. (2016). Thomas Paine’s Le Siècle de la Raison, ou Le Sens Commun Des Droits De L’Homme: Notes on the Earliest Edition of The Age of Reason. In Cleary, S., & Stabell, I. (Eds.), New Directions in Thomas Paine Studies (pp. 133-153). New York, NY. Palgrave Macmillan.

Hoffman, D., & Waisanen, D. (2015). At the Digital Frontier of Rhetorical Studies: An Overview of Tools and Methods for Computer-Aided Textual Analysis. In Ridolfo, J., & Hart-Davidson, B. (Eds.), Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities (pp. 169-183). Chicago, IL. University of Illinois Press.

Hoffman, D. (2012). Reason and the Rhetoric of Rational Religion in Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason and Richard Watson’s Apology for the Bible. In de Velasco, A., & Lehn, M. (Eds.), Rhetoric: Concord and Controversey (pp. 295-307). Long Grove, Ill. Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D. (2010). The Constitutive Rhetoric of Common Sense. In Smith, M., & Warnick, B. (Eds.), The Responsibilities of Rhetoric (pp. 175-185). USA. Waveland Press, Inc. for the Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D. (2005). Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. In Duffy, B. K., & Leeman, R. W. (Eds.), American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators (pp. 169-176). Westport, CN,USA. Greenwood Press.

Conference Proceedings

Hoffman, D., Lewis, T., & Waisanen, D. J. (2021). The Language of Political Genres: Inaugural and State Speeches of New York City Mayors and US Presidents. Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association.

Hoffman, D., Lewis, T., & Waisanen, D. (2017). The Language of Political Genres: Inaugural and State Speeches of New York City Mayors and US Presidents. New York State Communication Association Conference.

Hoffman, D. (2005). The Cultural Politics of Heraclitus’ Cosmology. 17th annual conference.

Hoffman, D. (2003). Reversing Perceptions of Probability Through Self-Referential Argument: Interpretation and Analysis of Protagoras’ Stronger/Weaker Fragment..

Hoffman, D. (2002). Logos and Pluralism: The Foundations of the Sophistic Movement..

Media Contributions

Hoffman, D. (2005). The President’s Brave New War.

Presentations

Hoffman, D. (2018, November 30). Four Views on How to Achieve Excellence in Democratic Deliberation. National Communication Association Convention. Salt Lake City: National Communication Association.

Hoffman, D., Lewis, T., & Waisanen, D. (2017, October 31). The Language of Political Genres: Inaugural and State Speeches of New York City Mayors and US Presidents. New York State Communication Association Conference. Callicoon, NY: New York State Communication Association.

Hoffman, D., Lanza, M., & Goodman, A. (2017, October 31). Placing the Speech: Location Strategy in New York City State of the City Speeches 2002 to 2016. New York State Communication Association Conference. Callicoon, NY: New York State Communication Association.

Hoffman, D., Lundy, D., & Anderson, A. (2016, October 31). Lessons for Internet Campaigning from the US 2016 Presidential Primaries. New York State Communication Association. Calicoon, NY

Hoffman, D. (2015, March 1). "Yesterday’s Futures: Teaching Utopian and Dystopian Literature". Crossing Borders. Millenium Broadway Hotel, NYC: Eastern Sociological Society.

Hoffman, D. (2015, April 22). "Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason and the Decline of Rational Religion". Faculty Seminar. Baruch College: School of Public Affairs, Baruch College CUNY.

Geva-May, I., & Hoffman, D. (2015, October 31). 20 Years of Comparative Policy Analysis: A Survey and Discussion of Topics and Methods in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and Beyond. Faculty Seminar. Baruch College, NYC: MSPIA, Baruch College.

Hoffman, D., Lewis, T., & Waisanen, D. (2015, December 31). Language of Genre: Empirical Differences between Inaugural and State Speeches. Faculty Seminar. Baruch College, NYC: MSPIA, Baruch College.

Hoffman, D., Lewis, T., & Waisanen, D. (2015, November 30). Language of Genre: Empirical Differences between Inaugural and State Speeches. National Communication Association Convention. Las Vegas: National Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2014, May 23). Radical Ethos. Rhetoric Society of America Convention. San Antonio: Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D., & Carlos, C. (2012, May 24). Thomas Paine’s Le Siècle de la Raison, ou Le Sens Commun Des Droits De L’Homme: Notes on the Earliest Edition of The Age of Reason. Rhetoric and Its Masses. Philadelphia, PA: American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D., & Marlos, C. (2012, April 27). Thomas Paine’s Le Siècle de la Raison, ou Le Sens Commun Des Droits De L’Homme: Notes on the Earliest Edition of The Age of Reason. 103rd Annual Conference. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Eastern Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2011, April 16). Cross-Examining Scripture: Testimonial Strategies in Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. Communication and Power. Arlington, VA: Eastern Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2011, November 30). Cross-Examining Scripture: Testimonial Strategies in Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. 97th Annual Convention. New Orleans: National Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2010, May 31). Reason as Ideograph in Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason and Richard Watson's Apology for the Bible. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Minneapolis: Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D. (2010, May 31). Structural Logos and Heraclitian Bios. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Minneapolis: Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D. (2010, April 30). Doing History by Word Search. Eastern Communication Association Convention. Baltimore: Eastern Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2008, May 31). The Constitutive Rhetoric of Common Sense. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Seattle: Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D. (2008, May 31). Murder in Sophopolis: Lessons about Eikos Argument from the First Tetralogy. Eastern Communication Association Convention. Pittsburgh: Eastern Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2007, November 30). A Commentary on Argumentation in the First Tetralog. National Communication Association Convention. Chicago: National Communication Assiciation.

Hoffman, D. (2007, April 30). Concerning Eikos: Social Expectation and Verisimilitude in Early Attic Rhetoric. Faculty Seminar. : Baruch School of Public Affairs.

Hoffman, D. (2006, April 30). Studying the History of Rhetoric: The State of the Art. Roundtable Discussion. Philadelphia: Eastern Communication Association Convention.

Hoffman, D. (2006, April 30). Protagoras' Pedagogy of Civic Excellence. Faculty Seminar. : Baruch School of Public Affairs.

Hoffman, D. (2006, December 31). The Cultural Politics of Heraclitus' Cosmology.. : The Philosophy of Culture, Volume Two. Ed. Konstantine Boudouris. Athens: Ionian Publications. Pages 93-100..

Hoffman, D. (2006, November 30). Eikos and Verisimilitude/Revisiting Classical Rhetoric. National Communication Association Convention. San Antonio: American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (2005, November 30). Performative and Representational Ethos: An Inquiry into Classical Character Education. Pre-Conference. Boston: American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (2005, September 30). Paine and Prejudice: Rhetorical Leadership through Perceptual Framing in Common Sense. Faculty Seminar. : Baruch School of Public Affairs.

Hoffman, D. (2004, April 30). Creation through Composition in Ancient Greece and Beyond. Discursive Agency in Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Philosophy: Implications for Contemporary Humanistic Disciplines. Boston: ECA Convention.

Hoffman, D. (2004, November 30). Logon Techne and the Birth of Creative Agency. Discursive Agency in Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Philosophy. Chicago: NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (2004, May 31). Creation through Conflict: Logos and Heraclitus’ Place in the Rhetorical Tradition. Issues in Classical Rhetorical Education. Austin: RSA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (2003, November 30). Performative and Representational Ethos: A Comparative Study. Historical Studies of Ethos Authority and Virtue. Miami, FL: NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (2002, December 31). Reversing Perceptions of Probability Through Self-Referential Argument: Interpretation and Analysis of Protagoras’ Stronger/Weaker Fragment. Fifth International Conference on Argumentation. University of Amsterdam

Hoffman, D. (2002, November 30). Muthos and Logos: Complicating the Liberal Narrative of Progress. Pre-Conference. New Orleans: American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (2001, December 31). Can Civic Excellence Be Enacted in the Town Meeting Format? A Neo¬Sophistic Perspective. Learning Civic Excellence Through Public Conversation: Three Perspectives on the Bush-Gore Town Meeting. Atlanta: Political Communication Division at the NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (2001, December 31). Logos and Pluralism: The Foundations of the Sophistic Movement. Conference. Rhodos, Greece: International Association for the Study of Greek Philosophy.

Hoffman, D. (2001, December 31). Gathering in the Moment: The Panegyric in Ceremonial Context. Beyond Tria Genera Causarum: Exploring Native Typologies of Ancient Discourse. Atlanta: NCA National Convention at the American Society for the history of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (2000, December 31). Knowledge and Sensation in the Protagoras: Toward an Understanding of the Aesthetic Basis of Protagoras Epistemology. American Society for the History of Rhetoric as part of the panel “Aesthetics II: Knowledgeand Sensation in the History of Rhetorical Performance. Seattle: NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (1999, December 31). Protagoras and Civic Education. The Work of Rhetoric in Civic Education from Antiquity to Post-Modernity. Chicago: ASHR/RSA Collaborative Panel at the NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (1999, December 31). Synecdoche: The Violent Trope. Kenneth Burke’s Master Tropes Revisited. Chicago: Kenneth Burke Society at the NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (1998, December 31). Toward a Genealogy of Logos. NCA National Convention. New York: American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (1998, December 31). Active and Representational Performance of Character: A Comparative Study of Ethos in Oral and Literate Cultures. NCA National Convention. New York: American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (1998, December 31). Hermes, Hestia, and the Problem of Containment: A Burkean Analysis of Dramatic Tension in the Archaic Polis. Kenneth Burke’s Container and the Thing Contained: Extensions, Applications, Challenges. New York: Kenneth Burke Society at the NCA National Convention.

Hoffman, D. (1998, December 31). Rhetoric and Civic Education in Protagoras Flute Playing City. Classical Civic Education and Its Pertinence to Liberal Arts Education Today. St. Louis: Central States Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (1997, December 31). Thomas Paine’s Natural Man: Articulation and Performance in Common Sense. National Convention. Chicago: Public Address Division of the NCA.

Hoffman, D. (1997, December 31). Argument, Epideictic, Play. NCA at the National Convention. Chicago: Argumentation and Forensic Division.

Hoffman, D. (1997, December 31). Argument, Epideictic, Play: Cicero’s Pro Archia as Exemplar. NCA National Convention. Chicago: Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (1996, December 31). Elocution as Literate Orality. SCA National Convention. Society for the History of Rhetoric: San Diego.

Hoffman, D. (1996, December 31). Thomas Paine’s Natural Man: Interpellation and Ideology in Common Sense. Conference. Newton, Iowa: Iowa Communications Association.

Hoffman, D. (1996, December 31). The Role of Narrativity in Public Speaking. Conference. Newton, Iowa: Iowa Communications Association.

Hoffman, D. (1996, December 31). Protagoras and the Productivity of Logos. SCA National Convention. San Diego: Society for the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (1994, December 31). A Postmodern Conversation on the Rhetoric of Child Abuse. Conference at the University of New Hampshire. : Social Constructions.

Hoffman, D. (1993, December 31). Playful Intentions: The Conversational Logic of Not Being Serious. Discourse Analysis Conference. : Temple University.

Other Scholarly Works

Hoffman, D., Lundy, D., Anderson, A., & Lanza, M. (2017). Lessons for Internet Campaigning from the US 2016 Presidential Primaries. Interface: a journal for and about social movements. 9(1),

http://www.interfacejournal.net

Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2006). The Medieval Craft of Bookmaking. Renaissance Magazine. 10(45),

http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/

Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2004). Sappho and the Songs of Marriage. Parabola. 29(1),

http://www.parabola.org/#

Hoffman, D. (2003). The Epithalamium: Renaissance Wedding Poetry. Renaissance Magazine. 8(30),

http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/

Hoffman, D. (2003). In the Greek Cosmos. Parabola. 28(3),

http://www.parabola.org/

Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2000). Beyond Fate. Parabola. 25(4),

http://www.parabola.org/

Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2000). Enigma, Paradox, Parable. Parabola. 25(2),

http://www.parabola.org/

Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2000). The Gods of Metes and Bounds. Parabola. 25(1),

http://www.parabola.org/

Reviews

Hoffman, D. (2020,August 1). Review of Three National Issues Forums Issue Guides for Deliberative Forums. United States: Journal of Political Science Education.

Hoffman, D. (2018,June 1). Review of Brian Gogan's Jean Baudrillard: The Rhetoric of Symbolic Exchange. Advances in the History of Rhetoric.

Hoffman, D. (2011,August 1). Review of Listening to the Logos by Christopher Lyle Johnstone. Quaterly Journal of Speech.

Hoffman, D. (2011,January 1). Review of "Reason's Dark Champions: Constructive Strategies of Sophistic Argument," by Christopher W. Tindale. Rhetoric Society Quarterly.

Hoffman, D. (2010,July 1). Review of Miira Tuominen's Apprehension and Argument. USA: Argumentation and Advocacy/American Forensic Association.

Hoffman, D. (2006,July 1). Michael Gagarin's Antiphon the Athenian and Gerard J. Pendrick's Antiphon the Sophist. USA: Rhetoric Society Quarterly/Rhetoric Society of America.

Hoffman, D. (2006,March 1). John Durham Peters’ Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition. Journal of Communication/ Internation Communication Association.

Hoffman, D. (2004,October 1). Ekaterina Haskins’ Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle. Rhetoric Society Quarterly/ Rhetoric Society of America.

Research Currently in Progess

Hoffman, D.(n.d.). New York Transformed: Michael Bloomberg’s Urban Renewal Narratives In Situ. In Progress.

Hoffman, D.(n.d.). The Challenge of Deliberation. In Progress.

The purpose of the book is present current research and historical perspectives on the practice of deliberation to a general audience who seek a better understanding of deliberation in democratic societies and who also wish to improve their own deliberative skills.

Title	Funding Agency Sponsor	Start Date	End Date	Awarded Date	Total Funding	Status
Collective Memory and National Identity In Speeches Commemorating The Battle Of Gallipoli	PSC-CUNY 50	07/01/2019	12/31/2022	04/15/2019	3499.38	Completed
Mayoral Crime Rhetoric: An Inquiry into How and Why Mayors Talk About Crime	PSC-CUNY 49	07/01/2018	06/30/2019	04/15/2018	3499.52	Completed
A STUDY OF THE SYSTEMATIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INAUGURAL AND STATE SPEECHES GIVEN BY US PRESIDENTS AND NEW YORK CITY MAYORS	PSC-CUNY 46	07/01/2015	06/30/2016	04/17/2015	4470	Completed
Textual Analysis at the Digital Frontier: Tools and Methods for Computer-Aided Rhetorical Studies	PSC-CUNY 44	07/01/2013	06/30/2014	04/15/2013	3499.5	Completed
The radical, the bishop, and the dissenter	PSC-CUNY 43	07/01/2012	06/30/2013	04/17/2012	3990	Completed
Radical Ethos: The Debate about the Character of the Free Thinker in The Age of Reason and Its Antecedents	PSC-CUNY 41	07/01/2010	06/30/2011		5645.1	Completed
The Age of Reason and the Politics of Religion in the Early Republic	PSC-CUNY 40	07/01/2009	12/31/2010		3990	Completed
Semeion and Tekmerion in Early Attic Rhetoric	PSC-CUNY 38	07/01/2007	06/30/2008		3990	Completed

Honor / Award	Organization Sponsor	Date Received	Description
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2012
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2010
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2009
Mellon Fellow at the Center for the Humanities, CUNY Grad Center	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation	2008	Participated in and contributed to a faculty seminar on "The Sacred and the Secular" in the 2008-2009 academic year. Produced research.
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2008
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2006
Faculty Fellowship	Publication Program,	2006
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2005
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2004
Faculty Achievement Award	Baruch College	2003
Spring Best Dissertation for 2000	American Society for the History of Rhetoric	2000
Center for Advanced Technology Certificate (for online instruction and course development).	Temple University	2000
Top paper panel	American Society for the History opf Rhetoric		My paper "Cross-Examining Scripture" on Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason was selected for the ASHR's top paper panel at NCA in New Orleans in November 2011.

College

Committee Name	Position Role	End Date
College Academic Review Committee	Committee Member	Present
Learning Assessment Committee	Committee Chair	Present
Student Disciplinary Committee	Committee Member	6/30/2017
Joint Committee on Curriculum and Articulation	Committee Member	6/30/2017
Executive Committee	Committee Member	6/30/2017
Research Committee	Committee Member	6/30/2017
Diversity Committee	Committee Chair	6/30/2017
Academic Appeals Committee	Committee Member	6/30/2017
Creative Inquiry Day Judge		5/31/2017
International Economics Search Committee	Committee Member	4/30/2017
Luciano Professor of Health Policy Search Committee	Committee Member	3/31/2016
Schwartz Institute Associate Director Search Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2015
Committee to Draft the SPA Diversity Strategic Plan	Committee Chair	4/30/2015
Undergraduate Honors Admissions Committee	Committee Member	1/31/2015
Freshman Text Selection Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2014
SPA Communication Faculty Search	Committee Chair	5/31/2013
SPA Communication Faculty Search	Committee Chair	5/31/2010
Executive Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2009
Freshman Text Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2009
Faculty Senate	Committee Member	5/31/2009
SPA Curriculum Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2009
School of Public Affairs Faculty Secretary		5/31/2009
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2008
Public Managment/Finance Search Committee	Committee Member	5/31/2008
Communication Faculty Search Committee	Committee Chair	12/31/2006
Undergraduate Honors Admissions Committee	Committee Member	12/31/2006
NUF competition	Served as an evaluator	12/31/2005
Baruch student policy journal	Faculty Advisor	4/30/2005

Professional

Organization	Position Role	Organization State	Organization Country	Start Date	End Date	Audience
Rhetoric Society of America	Editorial Review Board Member			9/1/2011	Present

Public

Organization	Position Role	End Date
American Society for the History of Rhetoric	Reviewer of paper and panel submission	12/31/2007
Moving Forward and Looking Back at the Isocratean Tradition: Ekaterina Haskins’ Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle NCA National Convention	Committee Member	11/30/2004
Ekaterina Haskins’ Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle. NCA National Convention	Convention Panels Chaired	11/30/2004
Competitive Student Papers in the History of Rhetoric NCA National Convention	Committee Member	11/30/2004
Historical Studies in The Rhetorical Construction of Public Space. NCA National Convention		11/30/2003
Historical Studies In The Rhetorical Construction of Public Space NCA National Convention	Committee Member	11/30/2003
Historical Studies in Classical Rhetoric. NCA National Convention		11/30/2003
Historical Studies in Classical Rhetoric. NCA National Convention		11/30/2003
Within and Without Rhetoric: Connecting the Disconnected NCA National Convention	Committee Member	11/30/2003
American Society for the History of Rhetoric Pre-Conference		11/30/2003