Denton, Robert E., Jr. (1953–)

Robert E. Denton, Jr. is a professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He also holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair at the Rice Center for Leader Development and serves as director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Center for Leadership Development. Denton received his doctorate from Purdue University. An expert in presidential communication, Denton also is well known as the editor of a series of political communication books, first for Praeger Publishers and later for Rowman & Littlefield. This series has been a major venue for political communication scholarship.

At Virginia Tech, Denton is a former chair of the Department of Communication. He has written or edited a number of books, including Ethical Dimensions of Political Communication; The ...