Professor · Consultant · Author

Politics.
Ethics.
Strategy.

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
Director, Project on Ethics in Political Communication
Associate Professor, GW School of Media & Public Affairs
Senior Fellow, Agirre Lehedakaria Center · Bilbao
30+ Years in Politics Senior Staff · Senator Edward Kennedy Obama Administration Chief of Staff · Clinton Impeachment ACA Senior Policy Advisor Yale Associate Fellow Harvard Kennedy School New York Times · USA Today · France 24 30+ Years in Politics Senior Staff · Senator Edward Kennedy Obama Administration Chief of Staff · Clinton Impeachment ACA Senior Policy Advisor Yale Associate Fellow Harvard Kennedy School New York Times · USA Today · France 24
About Peter

Three Decades at the Intersection of Power and Principle

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.


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Current · Academic
Director & Associate Professor, GW School of Media and Public Affairs
Current · Research
Founding Director, Project on Ethics in Political Communication
Current · Fellowship
Senior Fellow, Agirre Lehedakaria Center, Bilbao
Current · Consulting
Strategic Communication Consulting to Advocacy and Non-Profit Organizations
Prior · Government
Senior Staff · Senator Kennedy, Obama Administration, U.S. House
Prior · Government
Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace

Strategic Consulting

What Peter Does for Clients

Engagements range from focused brainstorming sessions to full strategic support — drawing on 30+ years navigating the realities of politics, advocacy, and public affairs.

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Strategic Communication

Developing clear, credible, and effective messages for advocacy campaigns, organizations, and political efforts — rooted in how audiences actually receive and process political information.

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Political Ethics Counsel

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.

03
Advocacy Strategy

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.

04
Issue Framing & Messaging

Translating complex policy into language that resonates with decision-makers, media, and the public — and that holds up to scrutiny.

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Leadership Communication

Preparing executives, officials, and organizational leaders to communicate with authority, clarity, and credibility — in interviews, testimony, public forums, and internal settings.

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Research & Analysis

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.

Nonprofits Advocacy Orgs Public Affairs Higher Ed

Areas of Expertise

Where Peter's Knowledge Runs Deep

Decades of work across government, academia, and consulting have produced genuine expertise in a small number of areas that matter.

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Political Communication Ethics

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.

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AI, Disinformation & Political Truth

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.

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Political Rhetoric & Democracy

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.

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Advocacy & Campaign Strategy

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.


Speaking

Topics Peter Speaks On

Peter has spoken at Harvard, Yale, Penn State, Oregon State, Montana State, and dozens of universities, civic organizations, and professional associations nationwide.

01
Plato and ChatGPT Walk into a Bar

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.

02
What If Politics Were a Park?

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.

03
Be Loyal to a Dream Country

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.

04
The Ethics of Advocacy

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.

All Speaking Engagements → Read Speech Texts →

Podcast

Office Hours with Karpf and Loge

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.

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Format
~30 min · Hot takes with footnotes
Topics
Politics · Comms · AI · Democracy
Available On
YouTube · Apple · Spotify · Amazon
With
Dave Karpf, PhD · GWU
Office Hours with Karpf and Loge
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Office Hours with Karpf and Loge

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Live Events
Book Office Hours for Your Conference or Event

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.

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Writing & Press

Published Work & Media Appearances

Selected publications and press clips.

Selected Writing All Writing →
Media Ethics Magazine
Press & Media All News →
Peter Loge on Full Measure — Deep Fakes
Full Measure · TV
Deep Fakes — Expert commentary on AI and political communication
Full Measure
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
Blog
Essays, Speeches & Commentary

Peter's longer writing — including full speech texts, essays on politics and communication, and commentary on current events.

Read the Blog →
Get in Touch

Let's Work Together

Whether you need a strategic communications partner, an expert speaker, or a press source on political ethics — reach out.

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