Professor of Urban Studies and International Studies at Portland State University, where he teaches graduate courses in international development, political economy, political communication, and media studies. His latest book (as editor) is: The Propaganda Society: Promotional Culture and Politics in Global Context (Peter Lang, 2011). He is also the author of Branding Democracy: U.S. Regime Change in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe (Peter Lang, 2010), Global Electioneering: Campaign Consulting, Communications, and Corporate Financing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), and Communication, Technology, and Politics in the Information Age (Sage, 1997), and editor of two other books.