Publications

The Center for Democracy and Civic Life shares the lessons and stories of our work in various ways, including reports to our community, evaluation reports, and publications for the field, listed below. This page also includes our voter engagement plans and National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) reports.

Field Publications

  • Hoffman, D. & McRae, T. (2024). Learning opportunities foster civic agency, social trust. Leadership Exchange, 22(3), 17-18.
  • Hübler, R., Hoffman, D., McRae, T., & Lawson, C. (forthcoming 2024). Together beyond: Fostering civic agency within campus communities. In Bell, L., Rank, A., & Ong Whaley, C. (Eds.), Civic pedagogy: Teaching civic engagement in an era of divisive politics. New York: Palgrave.
  • Hübler, R., Hoffman, D., Berger, C., Domagal-Goldman, J., & King, S. (2020). Tools for Living Democracy: Putting the CLDE Theory of Change into Practice. eJournal of Public Affairs, 9(1).
  • Berger, C., Domagal-Goldman, J., Hoffman, D., Hübler, R., & King, S. (2020). Reimagining student affairs practice by enacting the CLDE Theory of Change. 2020 NASPA Knowledge Community Publication, 28-31.
  • Hübler, R., Hoffman, D., Berger, C., Domagal-Goldman, J., & King, S. (2019, Fall). Infusing CLDE Theory of Change into student affairs: New thinking about civic learning and democratic engagement. Leadership Exchange 17(3), 18-23.
  • Hoffman, D. & Hübler, R. (2019). Talking democracy. In Longo, N. and Shaffer, T. (Eds.), Creating space for democracy: A primer on dialogue and deliberation in higher education. Sterling: Stylus Publishing.
  • Sullivan, C., Hoffman, D., & Hübler, R. (2018). “Why should college students–or anyone else–bother voting?” Forbes CivicNation Voice (blog).
  • Hoffman, D., Domagal-Goldman, J., King, S., & Robinson, V. (2018). Higher education’s role in enacting a thriving democracy: Civic learning and democratic engagement theory of change. American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ American Democracy Project, NASPA LEAD Initiative, and The Democracy Commitment.
  • Hoffman, D. (2016). Ethos matters: Inspiring students as democracy’s co-creators. NASPA (blog).