New Orleans ? James Carville has joined the faculty of Tulane University and his first course will be on the 2008 presidential election.

In a Tulane news release, the university says the political strategist who led Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign will bring in nationally recognized journalists, politicians and pollsters to speak to students.

Carville is a Louisiana native who is well known not only for his Democratic political campaigns but also as a commentator on CNN. Carville and his wife, Republican campaign strategist Mary Matalin, recently relocated their family to New Orleans from Washington. His course on the 2008 race will be offered during the spring 2009 semester.