David P. Schulz received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. He then earned a Master of Arts from the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he coached the speech and debate team and taught courses in public speaking, argumentation, and interpersonal communication from 1996 to 1998.  Schulz moved to State College, Pennsylvania where he attended the Pennsylvania State University and earned a doctorate in Speech Communication in the spring of 2002.  While at Penn State, David served as the University’s coordinator for the statewide continuing education and distance learning program and administered an annual presentational assessment of doctoral students in the College of Engineering.  Dr. Schulz also offered training programs across the state for corporations such as IBM and Tyco.  In 2002, Dr. Schulz accepted a full time assistant professorship at CSU, Stanislaus.  As a member of the Communication Studies Department faculty, David taught courses in Rhetorical Theory, Persuasive Messages, Intercultural Communication, and Advanced Presentational Speaking. He conducted a number of training programs for Kaiser Permanente, Emmanuel Hospital and other organizations. In 2006, Dr. Schulz accepted an offer to design and chair a new Communications department at Trinity Lutheran College in Everett, Washington.  He led two study abroad trips to Greece and Italy, taught courses such as Rhetorical Theory, Persuasive Campaigns, and Research Methods and assumed the role of Associate Dean before the college closed in 2016.  Schulz has been teaching at Concordia University Irvine since 2016 where he is Chair of the Communication and Media Studies Department, a CUI Bono member, and a mentor for students in CUI’s Summer Research Institute (SRI). Dr. Schulz has published numerous peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and coauthored a book on social movements that is used in undergraduate courses across the United States and around the world.