Dan is a Professor at the University of California – Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy, and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications, where he teaches courses in politics, communications, and leadership.
He has been teaching courses in politics, communications, and leadership since 1996 and has also taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management.
Previously, Schnur worked on four presidential and three gubernatorial campaigns as one of California's leading political strategists and served as the national director of communications for the 2000 presidential campaign of US Senator John McCain and was the chief media spokesman for California Governor Pete Wilson.
Dan hosts a monthly live national webinar for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Town Hall, called “The Dan Schnur Political Report”. He writes a weekly column for the AllSides political website, and for The Jewish Journal, where he is the U.S. Political Editor.
Dan is known for his unique ability to bring perspective and clarity to complex political issues.
