We recently reported that a journalism professor wrote that members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) were traitors worthy of a firing squad.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens did a little research, and files this fascinating report on the background of the latest faculty anti-NRA ranter.

Swindell is an associate professor of broadcast journalism at public, taxpayer-funded Marshall University. According to the school’s website, he has expertise in many areas including television news, media pop culture and automotive journalism.

The LinkedIn page that appears to belong to Swindell says that he was previously an instructor at the University of Kentucky. It also says that he had been a reporter at Lexington, Kentucky CBS-affiliate WKYT-TV for 12 years and a reporter at Hazard, Kentucky CBS-affiliate WYMT-TV for two years.

The Facebook page that appears to belong to Swindell was last updated on December 3, 2012.

“I’m back long enough to say goodbye,” the posting reads. “Facebook is not good for me. Before I checked out there, I was mad at everyone with the label republican [sic]. Now my anger is directed at John Boehner specifically.”

On October 26, Swindell said he called someone from Lexington “a racist” and charged that “Sarah Palin just proved she was a racist.”

On October 24, Swindell — a white male by all outward appearances — said, “White men are trying to tell women to go back to the kitchen and have babies. And married white women are letting them get away with it.”

Swindell’s Facebook likes include Harry Reid, LOLGOP, The Rachel Maddow Show, Left Action, Maya Angelou, Starbucks and, of course, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

The Marshall professor also appears to have a YouTube channel containing three videos, where he opines on current events in front of an unkempt bookshelf.

One video is a tirade in favor of natural gas from West Virginia.

Another video is a diatribe calling for more college graduates in the state of West Virginia. In this video, Swindell calls the state a “national laughingstock.”

The third YouTube rant, dated Feb 15, 2011, concerns the contentious state of American politics. In this video, Swindell promised to “stop with the accusations and the name-calling.”