David Hoffman

David Hoffman is director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life and an Honors College faculty fellow at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). As a member of the inaugural cohort of American Democracy Project (ADP) civic fellows, he led the development of the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Theory of Change, and now works with Center for Democracy and Civic Life colleagues and national partners to amplify and implement it. He also serves on the ADP Steering Committee. Hoffman’s research and publications explore civic agency, civic pedagogy, democratic communication styles and techniques, and culture change within institutions. He earned J.D. and M.P.P. degrees at Harvard University (MA), and his Ph.D. in language, literacy, and culture at UMBC.