Robert X. Browning is an associate professor of political science and communication in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University. In 1987, he became the founding director of the C-SPAN Archives. He is the author of Politics and Social Welfare Policy in the United States and papers on redistricting. Awarded the George Foster Peabody Award for its online video library in 2010, the C-SPAN Archives is housed in the Purdue Research Park and offers a window into American life.