John S. Nelson
Professor
Office:
331 SH
Office hours:
M 2:00-3:00pm T 12:30-1:30pm W 2:00-3:00pm
and by appointment
Phone number:
319-335-2349
Email:
Research Area:
Political Theory
Additional Research Areas:
Political Communication
Political Inquiry
American Politics
About:
Dr. Nelson is also the editor of the journal Poroi: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Rhetorical Analysis and Invention.
Education:
PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977
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).