David J. Lanoue is a Columbus State University political science professor and co-author of The Joint Press Conference: The History, Impact, and Prospects of American Presidential Debates.

Lanoue has published extensively on the topics of U.S. presidential elections and public opinion, and his comments on debates have appeared in media outlets around the world. The former chair of political science at the University of Alabama, he earned his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1986. He is now dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at Columbus State University.