David D. Perlmutter, professor and associate dean for graduate studies & research at the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, University of Kansas. He received his BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

He has served as a Board member of the American Association of Political Consultants and now sits on the National Law Enforcement Museum Advisory Committee for its Media Exhibit.

A documentary photographer, he is the author or editor of seven books on political communication and persuasion: Photojournalism and Foreign Policy: Framing Icons of Outrage in International Crises (Greenwood, 1998); Visions of War: Picturing Warfare from the Stone Age to the Cyberage (St. Martin’s, 1999); (ed.) The Guide to Political Communication (LSU Press, 1999); Policing the Media: Street Cops and Public Perceptions of Law Enforcement (Sage, 2000); Picturing China in the American Press: The Visual Portrayal of Sino-American Relations in Time Magazine, 1949-1973 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007); and forthcoming (ed., with John Hamilton) Pigeons to News Portals: New Technology & Foreign Affairs Reporting (LSU Press, 2007) and Blogwars: The New Political Battleground (Oxford, 2007).

He has also written several dozen research articles for academic journals as well as over 150 essays for U.S. and international newspapers and magazines such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buffalo News, Campaigns & Elections, Chicago Sun-Times, Christian Science Monitor, Dallas Morning News, Editor & Publisher, Indianapolis Star, International Herald Tribune, IPI Global Journalist, Los Angeles Times, Melbourne Age, Miami Herald, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MSNBC.com., Philadelphia Inquirer, Omaha World-Herald, San Diego Union Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today.

He writes a regular column, “P&T Confidential,” for the Chronicle of Higher Education. He has been interviewed by most major news networks and newspapers, from the New York Times to CNN and ABC.

He is editor of the blog of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas