Kerwin Swint, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science
Kennesaw State University

 

 


Dr. Swint is a specialist in Campaigns and Elections and Mass Media. His second book, Mudslingers: The Top 25 Negative Political Campaigns of All Time (2006, Praeger) garnered national notice and critical praise.  Mudslingers is now available as a paperback in bookstores nationwide.  A Korean version was made available in 2007.  Also look for his new book Dark Genius: The Influential Career of Legendary Political Operative and Fox News Founder Roger Ailes (Union Square Press, 2008).  As an author and political scientist, Dr. Swint has appeared on CNN, Fox News, local television news in markets nationwide, National Public Radio, syndicated radio programs around the country, and has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, National Journal, Roll Call, The Hill, Campaigns & Elections, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, and numerous other national and regional publications.  He is a former political campaign consultant, a frequent speaker for community, civic, and business groups, and has been recognized by the university and the community for Distinguished Service and Scholarship.  


 

 

Buy Dark Genius on Amazon

 

 

Updated July 11, 2008

 

Dark Genius was released June 5, 2008.

Already it has been featured or is upcoming on:

 

Salon

Slate

Roll Call

The New York Daily News

The New York Observer

Publishers Weekly

C-SPAN Book TV

Gawker.com

Media Bistro

FAIR

Creative Loafing

Air America Radio with Jon Elliott

The Mark Johnson Show, Vermont

CRN National Cable Radio Network

Gary O’Brien & Friends, Chicago

Gil Grossman Show, KGO Radio, San Francisco

The Charlie Sherman Show, New Hampshire

Conversations with Peter Solomon, Philadelphia

The Mario Solis Marich Show, CO, TX

The Thom Hartman Show, Air America

 Portland Morning News

The Diane Jones Show, St. Louis

The John McMullen Show, California

The Brian Thomas Morning Show, Cincinatti

The Louie Free Show, Cleveland

The Brad Davis Show, Connecticut

Morning Coffee with Tracy, Ohio

The Jean Dean Show, West Virginia

Morning Edition with Jeff Schectman, San Francisco

The Doug Clifford Show, WSKY, Gainesville, FL

Evening News with Mitch Perry, WMNF, Tampa, FL

Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones Show, Raleigh, NC

The Ed Banker Show, Jacksonville, FL

Tron in the Morning, KCMN, Colorado

The Jack Roberts Program, Cable Radio Network

Right Now with Coy Barefoot, Charlottesville, VA

Florida Roundtable

 

 

 

Readings and book signings:

Rizzoli Bookstore, New York City, June 5, 2008

Barnes & Noble, Marietta, GA, July 12, 2008 – will appear on C-SPAN

 

 

E-mail: kswint@kennesaw.edu

Kennesaw State University

KSU Political Science Department  

 

 


                                                                                               

 
 

 

The "Real" Dr. Swint 
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