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David C. Hoffman

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Ph.D       University of Iowa     Communication Studies-Rhetoric     May 2000

Doctoral Cert.   The University of Iowa   Rhetorics of Inquiry   May 2000

M.A.       Temple University     Rhetoric and Communications     1995

B.A.       University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown     Communications     1990

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Baruch College     Assistant Professor     Communication     08/03-present

University of North Carolina, at Charlotte     Assistant Professor     Communication     08/01-05/03

Temple University     Visiting Assistant Professor     Comminucation     8/98-05/01

PART-TIME ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

University of Iowa     Grade Instructor     Communication     8/94-05/98

Temple University     Grade Instructor/Speaking Lab Instructor     Communication     8/92-05/94

University of Pittsburgh     Undergraduate Instructor     Communication     8/88-10/88

NON ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

None

EMPLOYMENT AT BARUCH

Assistant Professor       08/03-present

COURSES TAUGHT AT BARUCH

PAF 3201: Public Communication and Organizations

PAF 9103: Communication in Public Settings

NEW COURSES/PROGRAMS DEVELOPED AT BARUCH

None

BOOKS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Hoffman, D avid C. and Aghazarian, Aram A Speaking in a Public Voice: A Guide to Public Presentation and Advocacy New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000, pp.124 [1st edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999, 104pp].

ARTICLES IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Hoffman, David C. Logos as Composition. Rhetoric Society Quarterly (July 2003): 27-53. Vol 33,

Hoffman, David C. Justice and the Self: A Reading of Plato Gorgias. Anistorian. December 2002. May be viewed at http://users.hol.gr/~di1os/anistor/essays/e024.htm. Unpaginated.

Hoffman, D avid C., et al., The Role of Narrativity in Public Speaking Iowa Journal of Communications 28(1996): 48-73.
PROCEEDINGS:
David C. Hoffman. Reversing Perceptions of Probability Through Self-Referential Argument: Interpretation and Analysis of Protagoras’ Stronger/Weaker Fragment. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Argumentation, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Sic Sac, 2003. Pages 503-507.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

David C. Hoffman. Albert Gore for American Orators of the Twentieth Century, Second Edition. Greenwood Press. Forthcoming 2005.

Hoffman, David C Logos and Pluralism: The Foundations of the Sophistic Movement. In The Philosophy of Communication, Volume One. Eds. Konstantine Boudouris and John Poulakos. Athens: Ionian Publications. 2002. Pp. 92-99.

REPORTS/MONOGRAPHS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

None

BOOK REVIEWS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Review of Ekaterina Haskins’ Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Forthcoming 2004.

OTHER ARTICLES

David C. Hoffman. In the Greek Cosmos. Parabola 28 (Nov. 2003) 56-60.

David C. Hoffman and Hoffman, Sharon G., Sappho and the Songs of Marriage. Parabola 29 (Feb. 2004). 39-40.

David C. Hoffman. The Epithalamium: Renaissance Wedding Poetry. Renaissance Magazine8:2 (2003): 38-39.

David C. Hoffman and Hoffman, Sharon G., Beyond Fate. Parabola 25 (Nov. 2000) 20-27.

David C. Hoffman and Hoffman, Sharon G., Enigma, Paradox, Parable. Parabola 25 (May 2000): 14-21.

David C. Hoffman and Hoffman, Sharon G., The Gods of Metes and Bounds. Parabola 25 (Feb. 2000): 11-18.

David C. Hoffman. Play, Epideictic, Argument. ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998. Unpaginated.

PRESENTATIONS


David C. Hoffman. Creation through Conflict: Logos and Heraclitus’ Place in the Rhetorical Tradition. Presented as part of the panel, Issues in Classical Rhetorical Education. RSA National Convention, Austin, May 2004.


David C. Hoffman. Creation through Composition in Ancient Greece and Beyond. Presented and part of the panel, Discursive Agency in Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Philosophy: Implications for Contemporary Humanistic Disciplines. ECA Convention, Boston, April 2004.


David C. Hoffman Performative and Representational Ethos: A Comparative Study. Presented as part of the panel, Historical Studies of Ethos Authority and Virtue. NCA National Convention, Miami, FL., November 2003.


David C. Hoffman Muthos and Logos: Complicating the Liberal Narrative of Progress. Presented at the American Society for the History of Rhetoric Pre-Conference Meeting, New Orleans, 2002.


David C. Hoffman Reversing Perceptions of Probability Through Self-Referential Argument: Interpretation and Analysis of Protagoras’ Stronger/Weaker Fragment. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Argumentation, University of Amsterdam, 2002.


David C. Hoffman Gathering in the Moment: The Panegyric in Ceremonial Context. Selected for presentation as part of the panel Beyond Tria Genera Causarum: Exploring Native Typologies of Ancient Discourse by the American Society for the history of Rhetoric at the NCA National Convention in Atlanta, 2001.


David C. Hoffman Can Civic Excellence Be Enacted in the Town Meeting Format? A NeoSophistic Perspective. Selected for presentation as part of the panel Learning Civic Excellence Through Public Conversation: Three Perspectives on the Bush-Gore Town Meeting, by the Political Communication Division at the NCA National Convention in Atlanta, 2001.


David C. Hoffman Logos and Pluralism: The Foundations of the Sophistic Movement. Presented at the Conference of the International Association for the Study of Greek Philosophy on Rhodos, Greece, 2001.


David C. Hoffman Knowledge and Sensation in the Protagoras: Toward an Understanding of the Aesthetic Basis of Protagoras Epistemology. Selected for Presentation by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric as part of the panel, Aesthetics II: Knowledge and Sensation in the History of Rhetorical Performance at the NCA National Convention in Seattle, 2000.


David C. Hoffman Synecdoche: The Violent Trope. Selected for presentation by the Kenneth Burke Society as part of the panel Kenneth Burke’s Master Tropes Revisited at the NCA National Convention in Chicago, 1999.


David C. Hoffman Protagoras and Civic Education. Selected for presentation as part of the ASHR/RSA Collaborative Panel The Work of Rhetoric in Civic Education from Antiquity to Post-Modernity at the NCA National Convention in Chicago. 1999.


David C. Hoffman Rhetoric and Civic Education in Protagoras Flute Playing City. Selected for presentation as part of the panel Classical Civic Education and Its Pertinence to Liberal Arts Education Today at the Central States Communication Association Conference in St. Louis, 1998.


David C. Hoffman Hermes, Hestia, and the Problem of Containment: A Burkean Analysis of Dramatic Tension in the Archaic Polis. Selected for presentation by the Kenneth Burke Society as part of the panel Kenneth Burke’s Container and the Thing Contained: Extensions, Applications, Challenges at the NCA National Convention in New York, 1998.


David C. Hoffman Active and Representational Performance of Character: A Comparative Study of Ethos in Oral and Literate Cultures. Selected for presentation by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric at the NCA National Convention in New York, 1998.


David C. Hoffman Toward a Genealogy of Logos. Selected for presentation by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric at the NCA National Convention in New York, 1998.


David C. Hoffman Argument, Epideictic, Play. Selected for presentation by the Argumentation and Forensic Division of the NCA at the National Convention in Chicago, 1997.


David C. Hoffman Argument, Epideictic, Play: Cicero’s Pro Archia as Exemplar. Selected for presentation by the Society for the History of Rhetoric at the NCA National Convention in Chicago, 1997.


David C. Hoffman Thomas Paine’s Natural Man: Articulation and Performance in Common Sense. Selected for presentation by the Public Address Division of the NCA at the National Convention in Chicago, 1997.


David C. Hoffman Elocution as Literate Orality. Selected for presentation by the Society for the History of Rhetoric at the SCA National Convention in San Diego, 1996.


David C. Hoffman Protagoras and the Productivity of Logos. Selected for presentation by the Society for the History of Rhetoric at the SCA National Convention in San Diego, 1996.


David C. Hoffman The Role of Narrativity in Public Speaking. Presented at the Iowa Communications Association Conference in Newton, Iowa. 1996.


David C. Hoffman Thomas Paine’s Natural Man: Interpellation and Ideology in Common Sense. Presented at the Iowa Communications Association conference in Newton, Iowa, 1996.


David C. Hoffman A Postmodern Conversation on the Rhetoric of Child Abuse. Presented at the Social Constructions Conference at the University of New Hampshire, 1994.


David C. Hoffman Playful Intentions: The Conversational Logic of Not Being Serious. Discourse Analysis Conference, Temple University, 1993.

PAPERS SUBMITTED TO JOURNALS


David C. Hoffman Thomas Paine’s Performance of Natural Man in Common Sense. Under Revision for Rhetoric Society Quarterly. First submitted July 1999.

OTHER WORKS IN PROGRESS

None

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS


David C. Hoffman. Heraclitus and Logos.


David C. Hoffman. Creation through Composition: Logos and Rhetorical Agency.


David C. Hoffman. Eikos: Probability as Verisimilitude in Ancient Greek Rhetoric.


David C. Hoffman. Performative and Representational Ethos: A Comparative Study.


David C. Hoffman The Space of the Chase: A Theory of the Spatial Grammar of Chase Fantasy

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS


Temple University Center for Advanced Technology Certificate (for online instruction and course development), August 2000.


Best Dissertation for 2000, American Society for the history of Rhetoric.

GRANTS-IN-AID

PSC-CUNY Award #60114-34 35: $3,840.00 to complete project on the rhetorical leadership of Thomas Paine. September 1, 2004-May 1, 2005.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

Service to the Department: None

Service to the School: None

Service to the College: None

Service to the Graduate Center: None

Service to the University: None

OFFICES HELD IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

President, American Society for the History of Rhetoric

Treasurer, American Society for the History of Rhetoric

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Convention Panels Chaired:


Reading Visual Culture: Rhetorical Aesthetics and Cultural Politics. American Society For the History of Rhetoric Pre-Conference, Miami 2003.

Within and Without Rhetoric: Connecting the Disconnected. NCA National Convention, Miami, 2003.

Historical Studies in Classical Rhetoric. NCA National Convention, Miami, 2003.

Historical Studies In The Rhetorical Construction of Public Space. NCA National Convention, Miami, 2003.

Responses Delivered to Convention Panels:


Historical Studies in Classical Rhetoric. NCA National Convention, Miami, 2003.

Historical Studies In The Rhetorical Construction of Public Space. NCA National Convention, Miami, 2003.