An expert on Religion and Politics, John Kenneth White is a Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of several books including The Fractured Electorate: Political Parties and Social Change in Southern New England (1983), The New Politics of Old Values (1988), Still Seeing Red: How the Cold War Shapes the New American Politics (1997), and The Values Divide: American Politics and Culture in Transition (2003).He has also co-authored or edited numerous other books on American politics and the U.S. presidency.

He has appeared on numerous television programs including This Week With David Brinkley and his analysis of contemporary politics have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, BBC, National Public Radio, Christian Science Monitor Radio, U.S.I.A. television programs, wire services, and various other national newspapers. Presently, he is at work on a new book exploring the relationship between demography and political change in the United States.