Peter Loge has spent more than three decades at the intersection of politics, communication, and ethics — advising organizations, teaching the next generation of leaders, and shaping the national conversation on how power communicates.
Peter Loge is the Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, an Associate Professor, and the founding director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication.
Over more than three decades, he has served in senior positions for Senator Edward Kennedy, three Members of Congress, and in the Obama administration. He was a Chief of Staff in the House during the Clinton impeachment, a Senior Policy Advisor on health care during the debate over the Affordable Care Act, and put the first Member of Congress on the internet.
He is also a Senior Fellow at the Agirre Lehedakaria Center in Bilbao and a strategic communication consultant whose clients range from advocacy organizations to public affairs firms. He edited Political Communication Ethics: Theory and Practice (Bloomsbury) and is the author of Soccer Thinking for Management Success.
Engagements range from focused brainstorming sessions to full strategic support — drawing on 30+ years navigating the realities of politics, advocacy, and public affairs.
Developing clear, credible, and effective messages for advocacy campaigns, organizations, and political efforts — rooted in how audiences actually receive and process political information.
Helping organizations and campaigns navigate the ethical dimensions of their communication strategy — what to say, what not to say, and how to maintain credibility in a low-trust environment.
Building advocacy campaigns that move people and move policy. From legislative strategy to coalition communications, drawing on decades of hands-on experience in Congress and the executive branch.
Translating complex policy into language that resonates with decision-makers, media, and the public — and that holds up to scrutiny.
Preparing executives, officials, and organizational leaders to communicate with authority, clarity, and credibility — in interviews, testimony, public forums, and internal settings.
Bringing scholarly rigor to practical communication challenges — including analysis of political messaging, media coverage, and ethical dimensions of communication strategy.
Recent clients include: Lehigh Valley Reads · Burness Communications · Equal Justice USA · Third Way · and organizations across advocacy, public affairs, and higher education.
Decades of work across government, academia, and consulting have produced genuine expertise in a small number of areas that matter.
The founding director of one of the few scholarly projects in the country dedicated exclusively to ethics in political communication. Author, editor, and national speaker on what political communicators owe to democracy.
A leading voice on how artificial intelligence — from deepfakes to AI-generated political ads — raises ancient ethical questions about truth, persuasion, and the integrity of public discourse. Quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, France 24, and more.
How the language of politics shapes what we believe is possible and worth fighting for. Drawing on Aristotle, Burke, Rorty, and decades of practical experience, Peter examines what political rhetoric owes to democratic life.
Senior legislative staff experience across multiple offices and administrations — including the ACA debate and the Clinton impeachment — gives Peter an unusual combination of strategic and ethical perspective on political campaigns and advocacy.
Peter has spoken at Harvard, Yale, Penn State, Oregon State, Montana State, and dozens of universities, civic organizations, and professional associations nationwide.
Today's concerns about AI in politics are ancient concerns — raised by everyone from Plato to Orwell. The technology is new; the problem isn't.
What if we treated our politics with the same stewardship we give our national parks? A talk on civic responsibility, Aristotle, and the Hudson River School painters.
Drawing on Barbara Jordan, Langston Hughes, and the tradition of humble civil religion — a case for a rhetoric that holds us to the founding promise of a nation still in the making.
Advocating for an issue means not advocating for something else. Every strategic communication decision is also an ethical one.
Past venues include: Kennedy School of Government (Harvard) · Yale University · Rock Ethics Institute (Penn State) · University of Chicago · Oregon State · Montana State · Emerson College · Arizona State · Western Michigan · Nevada Museum of Art · Campaigns & Elections Reed Awards · Association for Practical and Professional Ethics · and many more.
Strategic political communication hot takes — with footnotes. Every episode, Peter Loge and Dave Karpf, PhD, examine communication campaigns in the news, explain what's working and what's not, and how to make it all better. Two GWU associate professors who think they're smarter and funnier than they really are.
More episodes at the Office Hours YouTube channel →
Karpf and Loge are available for live performances of Office Hours — bringing their hot takes with footnotes format to conferences, summits, universities, and special events. An engaging, entertaining, and genuinely informative addition to any gathering of communicators, advocates, or political professionals.
Selected publications and press clips.
Peter's longer writing — including full speech texts, essays on politics and communication, and commentary on current events.
Whether you need a strategic communications partner, an expert speaker, or a press source on political ethics — reach out.