Robert Xavier Browning is a professor at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

and head of the

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Archives in

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Education and academic career

Browning graduated from

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

with a

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degree in 1972. He received a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit establ ...

in 1977 and a master's degree in

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in 1978, both from the

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. In 1981, he was awarded his Ph.D., also from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under the direction of Ira Sharkansky with the thesis "Political and economic predictors of policy outcomes: U.S. social welfare expenditures, 1947-1977". In 1981, he became an assistant professor at

, where he is currently associate professor of communication/political science. At Purdue, Browning teaches courses related to American politics and the

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C-SPAN Archives

Browning is the founding director of the

Archives. In 1986, with other

Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

professors, he developed the idea for an educational C-SPAN archive, which was approved in 1987 by David Caputo, then dean of Purdue's School of Humanities, Social Science and Education. In September 1987, the archive began cataloguing recordings of C-SPAN's coverage of Congress and other public affairs programming. Browning assumed the title of Director of C-SPAN Archives in 1998, when the archives were transferred to C-SPAN's management. He facilitates educational access to C-SPAN's collection and oversees the archives, which are located in

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. By the time of the launch of the

C-SPAN Video Library C-SPAN Video Library is the audio and video streaming website of C-SPAN, the American legislative broadcaster. The site offers a complete, freely accessible archive going back to 1987. It was launched in March 2010, and was integrated into the ...

in 2010, Browning's team converted over 120,000 hours of recordings of C-SPAN programming from analog to digital. In 2011, the C-SPAN Video Library was awarded a

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Publications

* Robert X Browning. ''Politics and Social Welfare Policy in the United States'' (1986) Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press . *''The Experiment in Government'' (1995, 2000) Robert X Browning and Barbara Hinckley (online course with video examples) Browning has also published several

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

ed articles: *"Public Affairs Video Archives: The C-SPAN Persian Gulf Collection". ''

Film & History ''Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1970 and dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of film, television, and other moving-image arts. It is currently hosted by Lawrence University (Ap ...

'', 32:1/2, ed. by Peter Rollins, February/May 1992. *(with Gary King) "Democratic Representation and Partisan Bias in Congressional Elections". ''

American Political Science Review The ''American Political Science Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of political science. It is an official journal of the American Political Science Association and is published on their behalf by Cambridg ...

''. December 1987. *(with Gary King) "Seats, Votes, and Gerrymandering: Measuring Bias and Representation in Legislative Redistricting", '' Law and Policy,'' July 1987. *(with William Shaffer) "Leaders and Followers in a Strong Party State". '' American Politics Quarterly,'' January 1987. *"Presidents, Congress, and U.S. Social Welfare Expenditures, 1947-1977". ''

American Journal of Political Science The ''American Journal of Political Science'' is a journal published by the Midwest Political Science Association. It was formerly known as the ''Midwest Journal of Political Science''. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal ...

,'' May 1985.

References

External links

Professor Browning's page in the Purdue University directoryC-SPAN Video LibraryC-SPAN archives Congressional Chronicle
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Browning, Robert X C-SPAN people Year of birth missing (living people) American archivists Living people Marquette University alumni Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs alumni Purdue University faculty People from Lafayette, Indiana