The twenty dollar bill. Holocaust memorials. The confederate
flag.  How do symbols become important to us as we try to
remember and not forget past cultural mistakes?
David Schulz is an expert in communication theory and is
currently chair and professor of Communication at Trinity Lutheran
College. He formerly served as an assistant professor at
California State University, where he taught persuasion and
rhetoric courses. He has also taught at Penn State, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, and Columbia College. He has published a book,
book chapters, several peer reviewed journal articles, and a number
of book reviews. He has presented research both nationally and
internationally at academic conferences. 
He holds a B.A. in Communications from Western Washington
University and an M.A. in Communication Studies from the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas. He earned a Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State
University in Speech Communication. 
David lives on a little lake in Marysville with his wife and two
sons.