Robert X. Browning joined the Purdue University faculty in 1981 after receiving his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. In 1987, he founded the C-SPAN Archives first at Purdue University and now in its facility in the Purdue Research Park. In 2010 the Archives, where he serves as the Executive Director, won a George Foster Peabody Award for its work in creating the online Video Library. He teaches and researches congressional procedures, Indiana politics, and television and politics. In 2010 he was appointed to the faculty of communication in addition to his position as a professor of political science where he serves as the Faculty Director of the Purdue University Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement. He is the author of six books featuring research using the C-SPAN Archives.