David Hoffman
Assc Professor
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Department: Public Affairs
Areas of expertise:
Email Address: david.hoffman@baruch.cuny.edu
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2024 | PAF | 9104 | Media, Politics, and Public Cu |
| Spring 2024 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2024 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2024 | PAF | 9202 | Civic and Political Speech-Mak |
| 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 | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2023 | PAF | 9202 | Civic and Political Speech-Mak |
| Spring 2023 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Fall 2022 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2022 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2022 | PAF | 9202 | Civic and Political Speech-Mak |
| 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 | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2020 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2020 | PAF | 9104 | Media, Politics, and Public Cu |
| 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 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| Fall 2017 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Fall 2017 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2017 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2017 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2017 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| 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 | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2016 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2016 | PAF | 9199 | Selected Topics In PAF |
| Fall 2015 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Fall 2015 | IDC | 1001H | Honors-The Arts in New York |
| 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 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| Spring 2011 | PAF | 9199 | Selected Topics In PAF |
| Spring 2011 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Fall 2010 | PUB | 1250 | Pub Adm In Mod Soc |
| Fall 2010 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| 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 | PUB | 1250 | Pub Adm In Mod Soc |
| Fall 2007 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| 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 | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2006 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Spring 2006 | PAF | 9999 | Ind Study In PAF |
| 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 | 3201 | Public Comm and Organizations |
| Fall 2003 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
| Fall 2003 | PAF | 9103 | Communication Public Settings |
Books
Hoffman, D. (2025). “Bold Enough to be Honest”: The Rhetoric of Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason. Tuscaloosa, AL, University of Alabama Press.
Hoffman, D. C. (2025). 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. G. (Eds.), 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., 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., 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.
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. (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.
Hoffman, D. (2015, March 1). "Yesterday’s Futures: Teaching Utopian and Dystopian Literature". Crossing Borders. Millenium Broadway Hotel, NYC: Eastern Sociological Society.
Hoffman, D. (2014, May 23). Radical Ethos. Rhetoric Society of America Convention. San Antonio: Rhetoric Society of America.
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., & 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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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, April 30). Concerning Eikos: Social Expectation and Verisimilitude in Early Attic Rhetoric. Faculty Seminar. : Baruch School of Public Affairs.
Hoffman, D. (2007, November 30). A Commentary on Argumentation in the First Tetralog. National Communication Association Convention. Chicago: National Communication Assiciation.
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, September 30). Paine and Prejudice: Rhetorical Leadership through Perceptual Framing in Common Sense. Faculty Seminar. : Baruch School of Public Affairs.
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. (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. (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. (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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). Argument, Epideictic, Play: Cicero’s Pro Archia as Exemplar. NCA National Convention. Chicago: Society for the History of Rhetoric.
Hoffman, D. (1997, December 31). Argument, Epideictic, Play. NCA at the National Convention. Chicago: Argumentation and Forensic Division.
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. (1996, December 31). The Role of Narrativity in Public Speaking. Conference. Newton, Iowa: Iowa Communications Association.
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). 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),
Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2006). The Medieval Craft of Bookmaking. Renaissance Magazine. 10(45),
Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2004). Sappho and the Songs of Marriage. Parabola. 29(1),
Hoffman, D. (2003). The Epithalamium: Renaissance Wedding Poetry. Renaissance Magazine. 8(30),
Hoffman, D. (2003). In the Greek Cosmos. Parabola. 28(3),
Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2000). Beyond Fate. Parabola. 25(4),
Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2000). Enigma, Paradox, Parable. Parabola. 25(2),
Hoffman, D., & Hoffman, S. G. (2000). The Gods of Metes and Bounds. Parabola. 25(1),
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 | Start Date | 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 | National |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |