 Before joining George Washington University, Entman taught at Duke, Northwestern University and North Carolina State University.He also served as a visiting professor at Harvard University for one semester in 1997 and as Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Duke for the 2008-09 academic year.Entman's research has included studies of the portrayal of race and crime on local television news, as well as the effects of television news on Americans' desire to be involved in politics.