David Zuckerman, Ph.D.
California State University,
Sacramento
Department of Communication Studies
College of Arts and Letters
Summer 2009
Dr. David Zuckerman (Ph.D., Communication) is assistant professor of intercultural and international communication in the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). Dr. Zuckerman serves on the Communication Department Executive Committee, is chair of the department's Human Subjects Committee and is a member of the department's Graduate Committee. Dr. Zuckerman directs 10 MA thesis committees and serves as reader for 10 others, and is a faculty member of the Capital Area North Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, a partnership between the University of California at Davis, CSUS, and Sonoma State University. Dr. Zuckerman has taught courses and delivered invited lectures across the US, in Canada, in France, and in Germany.
An active scholar in the overlapping areas of the Northern Ireland conflict, identity formation, and popular culture, David Zuckerman published "To Argue You Have No Opinion is To Insult People: A Gebserian Analysis of Identity in Northern Ireland" in P. Dalton (Ed.), Communication, Comparative Cultures, and Civilizations, Volume 1 (2006) and is the the editor of Volume 2 of the same series. He has presented nearly 30 papers at regional, national, and international conferences during the past 3 years.
David Zuckerman's training and development experience involves three years of teaching courses to US military personnel for the Department of Defense Joint Course in Communication at the University of Oklahoma, and teaching at Ramstein Air Force Base in Landstuhl, Germany. Dr. Zuckerman has also been involved in adult education in the Sacramento area, consulting to clients such as Intel, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Corrections. In addition to his work as a full-time professor in the communication department, Dr. Zuckerman also teaches courses in Decision-Making for the Supervisory Development Certificate Program under the auspices of the CSUS College of Continuing Education.
Dr. Zuckerman has lived in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Israel, and speaks English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Yiddish, and Arabic, and is learning Irish Gaelic.
The 2009-10 school year is Dr. Zuckerman's 14th year in the university classroom. In the Summer Semester (Session B), Dr. Zuckerman is teaching the following course:
- COMS 100C: Research Methods in Communication
Required books: Frey, Botan & Kreps Investigating Communication (2nd ed.), and APA Publication Manual (6th ed.).
Dr. Zuckerman specializes in the study of nonviolence and conflict in zones of war and terrorism, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Northern Ireland.
Article called To Argue You Have No Opinion is to Insult People: A Gebserian Analysis of Identity in Northern Ireland published in the Jean Gebser Annual, Hampton Press, November 2005.
Presented a competitive paper, entitled Semiotics of History, Identity and Heroism in Northern Ireland, to the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Gebser Society, on October 15th, 2004.
Presented a competitive paper, entitled Caught in the Crossfire? Framing an Assassination in Belfast's Newspapers, at the 90th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, in Chicago, in November 2004.
In addition, Dr. Zuckerman also studies identity and pop culture.
Presented a competitive paper, entitled Chaos/Magic/Order: Valencia, California and the Ex-nihilo Creation of Nostalgia, at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Jean Gebser Society, held at Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 2005.
Presented a response paper called Undressing Super Bowl 2004: Icons of Sex and Morality on the Public Airwaves at the 2004 convention of the World Communication Association, in Palm Desert, California, in August 2004.
Selected Current Research and Scholarly Activity:
Zuckerman, S. D. (2007). The future of intercultural communication research: A roundtable discussion. Presentation at the 78th annual convention of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, February 2007.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2006). Journey of a Jewish ethnographer. Paper accepted for presentation at the 92nd annual convention of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2006.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2006). Cancer and death: A love story presented in many voices. Accepted for presentation at the 92nd annual convention of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2006.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2006). Gebserian integrality at the Passover seder. Paper accepted for presentation at the 34th annual conference of the Jean Gebser Society, Sacramento, CA, October 2006.
Zuckerman, S.D. (2006). Authenticity and Nostalgia in Post-Modernity. Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Convention of the Canadian Communication Association, York, Ontario, July 2006.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2006). Comparison, Media and Change in Intercultural Communication. Panel Chair, the 77th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA, February 2006.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2006). Context and Communication: Intercultural Contexts. Panel Respondent, 77th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA, February 2006.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). A Gebserian Interrogation of Mainstream Intercultural Adaptation Theories. Paper presented at the 91st Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Creating and Maintaining Identity: Competitive Papers in Language and Social Interaction. Panel Respondent, 91st Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Semiotic Analyses of Popular Culture. Panel Respondent, 91st Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Contextual Patterns and Resources: Competitive Papers in Language and Social Interaction. Panel Chair, 91st Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 2005.
Arnfeld, R. J., & Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Chaos/Magic/Order: Valencia, Calfornia and the Ex-nihilo Creation of Nostaglia. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Jean Gebser Society, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 2005.
Kidd, V., Zuckerman, S. D., Guilar, J., & Chase, L. (2005). Communication studies faculty as change agents on campus. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Politics as usual? Paper presented at the 76th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Journalism's role in the contemporary world. Panel response for the Media Studies Interest Group, 76th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA , February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Cultural values, adaptation, and conflict. Panel response for the Intercultural and International Division, 76th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco, CA , February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Media and Culture. Panel Response for the 2nd Annual WSCA Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Producing health and healing in social interaction. (Panel Chair) for the Language and Social Interaction Division, 76th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco , CA , February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2005). Third Spaces in masculine spaces: An examination of Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance. (Panel Chair) 76th Annual Convention of the Western States Communication Association, San Francisco , CA , February 2005.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2004). Semiotics of history, identity, and heroism in Northern Ireland . Competitive paper presented to the 33rd Annual Conference of the Jean Gebser Society, Norman , Oklahoma , October 2004.
Zuckerman, S. D. (2004). Caught in the crossfire? Framing an assassination in Belfast 's newspapers. Competitive paper presented at the 90th Annual National Communication Association (NCA) Convention, Chicago , November 2004.
Dr. Zuckerman is a member of the Communication All-Stars, a consulting team in the communication field. Dr. Zuckerman taught a workshop called Working Through Communication to all members of the CSUS management and staff, including President Gonzalez. The purpose of the workshop is to help foster a strong sense of community at CSUS. Currently, he is deploying another two workshops, Decision-Making Skills, and Intercultural Communication, to the campus community.
Dr. David Zuckerman is currently working on a book regarding the formation and communication of identity and non-violence in Northern Ireland.
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