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John S. Nelson

Professor
Political Theory
Political Communication
Political Inquiry
American Politics
PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977
Office: 
447 BHC
Phone number: 
319-335-1685
Email: 

john-nelson@uiowa.edu

Publications: 
  • What Should Political Theory Be Now? SUNY (ed., 1983).
  • Video Rhetorics: Televised Advertising in American Politics, University of Illinois (with G. R. Boynton, 1997).
  • Tropes of Politics: Science, Theory, Rhetoric, Action, University of Wisconsin Press (1998).

Dr. Nelson is also the editor of the journal Poroi: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Rhetorical Analysis and Invention.

Website/CV: 
http://honors.uiowa.edu/people/prostaff/director/nelson.shtml
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Department of Political Science
The University of Iowa
341 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1409
Phone: 319-335-2358
Fax: 319-335-3400
polisci@uiowa.edu

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