About
David will be teaching "Nonviolence" in fall 2023 and "Jewish Americans: Identity and Community in a Pluralistic Society" in winter 2024 in Judaic Studies (and as a meet-together with Sociology and the Residiential College). In the past, David has taught the First-Year Seminar, “Identity and Diversity: Community, Commitment, and Justice in a Democratic Society,” and upper level sociology courses on intergroup relations, education, and the American Jewish Community. He has served in the past as LSA Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education and U-M Assistant Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. David served as a Co-Founder of the Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) and as Founding Director of the Michigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP) from 1999- 2019. He taught in the Sociology Department for many years as Adjunct Associate Professor. His most recent book is Teaching the Whole Student: Engaged Learning With Heart, Mind, and Spirit. His other books include the four books in the College Knowledge series, including College Knowledge for the Jewish Student: 101 Tips. He is also co-editor of Engaging the Whole of Service-Learning, Diversity and Learning Communities. He also edited with Sylvia Hurtado, Intergroup Dialogue: Deliberative Democracy in School, College, Community and Workplace, is the editor of Inside Separate Worlds: Life Stories of Young Blacks, Jews, and Latinos, co-editor of Multicultural Teaching in the University, and Students Talk About College, and author of Ethnic Survival in America: An Ethnography of a Jewish Afternoon School.
Research Areas(s)
- American Jewish Community; Jewish Identity; Intergroup Relations, Dialogue, and Nonviolence; Education and Jewish Education.
