Professor Coe’s research focuses on the interaction of political rhetoric, news media, and public opinion. His scholarship has appeared in such journals as Communication Monographs, Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Public Opinion Quarterly. He is the coauthor, with David Domke, of The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America (Oxford). He teaches courses focusing on strategic communication, political communication, communication theory, and argumentation, and also oversees the department's public speaking courses.