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Name: Samuel M. Edelman
Title: Professor
Office: Tehema 435
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9:30-11:00am 1:00-2:00pm Virtual Office
Hour Mon. 10-11am
[Virtual Office Hour 4-5 PM Monday on FirstClass]
E-mail Address: sedelman@csuchico.edu
Telephone: 916-898-4336 or 916-898-5751
FAX:916-898-4096
Mailing Address: Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
Street Address California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0502
Text in Progress: Underground Without Bullets, essays, collected original works and survivor testimony on cultural resistance during the Holocaust. Under consideration by the Holocaust Library of Schocken Press. Co-authored with Dr. Carol Edelman, and Dr. Yechiel Szeintuch.
Text in Progress: The Book of Jewish Rhetoric: Ancient Traditions, Modern Needs. Vol. 1 and 2. Text based in part on Israel conference on Rhetoric and Culture. Hampton Press, Inc., New Jersey, Fall, 1997.
Text in Progress: "And They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Plowshares:" The Arab-Israeli Rhetorical Odyssey Toward Peace. Text submitted to publishers.
Text in Progress: Alternative Rhetorical Voices: An Exploration of Asian, African and Hebrew Rhetorical Traditions. Hampton Press, Inc., New Jersey, Winter, 1998.
Paper Published: "And What Survives Shall Become Holy,": Holocaust Literature as Sacred Text for Post-Shoah Theology. Remembering for the Future, II. CD-ROM publication. Stamford, Conn.: Vista Intermedia, 1997. (Co-authored with Carol Edelman)
Paper delivered:"Epidiectic in the Service of Peace: the Rhetoric of the Rabin Funeral", SCA National Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov., 1996.
Paper delivered:"Debunking Hilberg's Concept of the Bystander in Understanding the Holocaust," Pacific Sociology Association Conference, April, 1996.
Paper delivered: "Public Address as Sacred Text in the Last Speech of Moses in Deuteronomy," with Carol Edelman. Delivered at the 1994 Speech Communication Association Meetings in New Orleans.
Paper delivered: "Holocaust Literature as Jewish Rhetoric," First African Rhetoric Conference, University of Capetown, SA. July, 1994
Paper delivered: "And What Survives Shall Become Holy,": Holocaust Literature as Sacred Text for Post-Shoah Theology. for the Conference Remembering for the Future, II. Berlin, Germany, March 13-17, 1994.
Paper delivered: "The Jewish Political and Nationalist Experience--A Model for American Lobbying and State Building: David Ben-Gurion and the Creation of a Political Movement," SCA, Miami, FL., Nov., 1993.
Paper delivered: "Jewish Rhetoric and the Rhetorical Poetry of Yitzak Katzenelsen", SCA Seminar in Jewish Rhetoric, Oct, 1992, Chicago.
Paper delivered: "The Intifada and the Rhetoric of Reality Construction: Bloody Steps to a Peace Conference" SCA Panel on the Intifada, Chicago, October, 1992.
Paper delivered: "I've Had a Holocaust Done to Me:"Terminological Misuse for Political Gain. Panel on the Politics of the Holocaust, The Speech Communication Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 1991.
Paper delivered: "Epideictic in Defense of Culture: Intracultural Communication and the Holocaust," Top Three Paper in Intercultural Communication, WSCA, Phoenix AZ. Feb. 1991.
Paper delivered: "The Prophetic Rhetoric of David Ben-Gurion: The 1942 Biltmore Address--The Future Depends on America." International Conference on Rhetoric and Culture, Tel Aviv University, June 16-19, 1991.
Paper delivered: "Holocaust Literature and the Rhetoric of Social Construction of Reality." with Carol Edelman for the SCA Seminar Series, The Rhetorical and Mass Persuasion Seminar, Nov. 1, 1990. Chicago, Ill.
Paper delivered: "The Rhetoric of the Refugee in the Arab Israel Conflict," Panel on Intercultural Conflict in the Middle East. Western States Communication Association February, 1990.
Paper delivered: "Rhetorical Criticism as Pedagogy for a Diverse Society." Conference on Rhetoric and Education. Institute for Speech Culture. Jerusalem, Israel. February, 1990.
Paper delivered: "The Rhetoric of Justice Versus the Rhetoric of Caring in the Israel-Palestinian Arab Conflict: a critical examination of Nightline in Israel." Nightline in Israel Panel--SCA, San Francisco, November, 1989.
Paper delivered: "The Rhetoric of Tragic Choice: The Epideictic Uses of Literature As Resistance During the Holocaust" for the Speech Communication Association Conference, Boston, MA. Nov.,1987
Dr. Samuel M. Edelman is a professor of rhetoric and intercultural communication in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, as well as the founder of the program in Modern Jewish and Israel Studies at the California State University Chico in Northern California. His Ph.D. is in Communication Studies from the University of Arizona and his BA and MA are from the Pennsylvania State University. He has been an academic for over 25 years. Edelman has been a consultant in public speaking, intercultural communication and organizational communication to numerous companies and governmental organizations in the United States, Israel and South Africa. He has done training for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Jewish Agency. He lectures on the topics of Jewish rhetoric, the Arab Israeli Peace negotiations, the Holocaust as well as on the use of modern technology for distance learning. He has been awarded numerous grants over the years and has the Corporation for Public Broadcasting award for outstanding radio documentaries. Edelman has just completed a two year term as chair of the CSU, Chico Academic Senate and is currently a Senator at large for the campus.
Board of Governors: University Foundation, CSU-Chico. 1985-1995
Board of Director: Northern California American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Board Member: South African Rhetoric Society
Editorial Board: Shofar, Journal of the Central and Western States Jewish Studies Associations
Member:
Western Jewish Studies Association
National Communication Association. Life Member. Appointed as advisor to the Israel Institute for Speech Culture.
Western Speech Communication Association. Nominating Committee 1988. Secretary, Rhetoric Division (1984-85) Secretary, Intercultural Communication Division (1989 to 1990), Vice Chair, Intercultural Communication Division (1990-91), Chair, Intercultural Communication Division (1991-92).
International Society for the Study of the History of Rhetoric.
American Society for the History of Rhetoric.
Religious Speech Communication Association
Member: California State Democratic Central Committee
Member: Democrat's for Israel
Send problems/comments/suggestions to: sedelman@csuchico.edu
