David D. Perlmutter

David D. Perlmutter, Ph.D. became Professor and Dean of the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University on July 1, 2013. Before coming to Texas Tech, he was the director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, beginning on June 30, 2009. He was a Professor and Starch Faculty Fellow at the University of Iowa. As a documentary photographer, he is the author or editor of seven books on political communication and persuasion. Also, he has written several dozen research articles for academic journals as well as more than 200 essays for U.S. and international newspapers and magazines such as Campaigns & Elections, Christian Science Monitor, Editor & Publisher, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC.com., Philadelphia Inquirer, and USA Today.

Background

David D. Perlmutter received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1996. He 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.

At the University of Kansas he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and as a member of the University Press of Kansas Editorial Board Committee and graduated from the Senior Administrative Fellows Program.

At Louisiana State University he served as interim Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, led the political communication track, and won two faculty awards including the main campus-wide award for research, teaching, and service.

Perlmutter has been interviewed by most major news networks and newspapers, from the New York Times to CNN and ABC and, most recently, The Daily Show. He regularly speaks at industry, academic and government meetings.

Nuclear holocaust of Europeans

In 2002, the Los Angeles Times ran a piece authored by Perlmutter which accused the Western media of a pro-Palestinian bias where Perlmutter said he had the dream that, in case the ongoing intifada threatened Israel's existence, Israel should respond by launching nuclear attacks on Europe:

"Israel has been building nuclear weapons for 30 years. The Jews understand what passive and powerless acceptance of doom has meant for them in the past, and they have ensured against it. Masada was not an example to follow--it hurt the Romans not a whit, but Sampson in Gaza? With an H-bomb? What would serve the Jew-hating world better in repayment for thousands of years of massacres but a Nuclear Winter. Or invite all those tut-tutting European statesmen and peace activists to join us in the ovens?"

Publications

• Photojournalism and Foreign Policy: Icons of Outrage in International Crises (Praeger, 1998)
• Visions of War: Picturing Warfare from the Stone Age to the Cyber Age (St. Martin's, 1999)
• The Manship School 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)(with John Hamilton)
• From Pigeons to News Portals: Foreign Reporting and the Challenge of New Technology (LSU Press, 2007)
• Blogwars: The New Political Battleground (Oxford, 2008)
• Promotion & Tenure Confidential: The People, Politics And Philosophy of Career Advancement In Academia (Harvard University Press,2010)

External links

• About David D. Perlmutter
• Tech Texas University names Perlmutter Dean of the College of Media & Communication
• UI names Perlmutter director of School of Journalism and Mass Communication