Dr. David B Hoffman
About
David Hoffman is Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life. He develops and teaches courses about civic communication and culture as a Faculty Fellow in UMBC’s Honors College, and has created and facilitated dozens of programs in which participants develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and relationships needed to help their communities thrive. He is a member and former chair of the Steering Committee for AASCU’s American Democracy Project. David is an alum of UCLA (B.A., Economics), Harvard University (J.D. and M.P.P.), and UMBC (Ph.D., Language, Literacy, and Culture).
Research interests
Civic agency; civic pedagogy; civic professionalism; democratic engagement; culture change within institutions
Teaching interests
Civic agency; communication issues in democracy and civic life; navigating and changing institutions; community organizing
Education
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Ph D, Language, Literacy, and Culture
— UMBC (2013) Becoming Real: Undergraduates' Civic Agency Journeys
- JD — Harvard Law School (1992)
- Other — Harvard Kennedy School (1992)
- BA, Economics — UCLA (1988)
Presentations
- World101 at UMBC: On-campus and Off-campus Global Civic Engagement 2020