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Faculty & Staff

Robert E. Denton, Jr. - Department Head
Political Communication
Office: 115 Shanks Hall
Phone: (540) 231-7166
Email: rdenton@vt.edu

Education
B.A. Wake Forest University
M.A. Wake Forest University
Ph.D. Purdue University

Teaching Interests
Political Communication
Political Campaigns
Media & Politics
Persuasion
Presidential Discourse

Recent Scholarship
THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: A COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE, Robert E. Denton, Jr., Editor (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009

POLITICS AND COMMUNICATION IN AMERICA, Robert E. Denton, Jr. and Jim Kuypers (Waveland Press, 2008)

PERSUASION AND INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE, 6TH EDITION, Gary Woodward and Robert E. Denton, Jr. (Waveland Press, 2008).

MORAL LEADERSHIP AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, Robert E. Denton, Jr. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)