James Devitt is the managing director of public affairs at New York University, where he has created and executed communications plans for its various schools and institutes and publicized the scholarship of its faculty. He has also served as a senior public affairs officer at Columbia University and as communications director for the White House Project, a non-partisan organization that sought to advance women’s leadership. In addition to his communications positions, he has been an adjunct professor since 1997 and currently teaches at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Selected Publications
- Devitt, James (2002). Framing Gender on the Campaign Trail: Female Gubernatorial Candidates and the Press. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v. 79, pp. 445-463.
- Aday, Sean and James Devitt (2001). Style Over Substance: Newspaper Coverage of Elizabeth Dole’s Presidential Bid. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, v. 6, pp. 52-73.
- Jamieson, Kathleen, James Devitt, Paul Waldman, and Michael Hagen (2000). Who’s to Blame? Is the Perception Gap in the Campaigns, Media Coverage or Both? (37-47) In Everything You Think You Know About Politics…And Why You’re Wrong. New York: Basic Books.
- Waldman, Paul and James Devitt (1998). Newspaper Photographs and the 1996 Presidential Election: The Question of Bias. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v. 75, pp. 302-311.
- Devitt, James (1992). The Daily Newsweekly. In Philip Cook, Douglas Gomery, and Lawrence Lichty (eds.), The Future of News (137-141). Washington, DC: The Woodrow Wilson Center Press.