Michael Nelson

Biography

Michael Nelson is professor of political science at Rhodes College. A former editor of The Washington Monthly, he has published twenty books on the American presidency, national elections, and higher education. In recent years he has written articles for VQR about Abraham Lincoln, C. S. Lewis, Garrison Keilloir, Frank Sinatra, Ward Just, Stephen Carter, Robert Caro, and other subjects. More than forty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition.

See Work

Winter 1979

The Ultimate Commencement Speech

By Michael Nelson
Summer 2003

Stephen L. Carter: the Christian As Contrarian

By Michael Nelson
Autumn 1999

Frank Sinatra: the Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer

By Michael Nelson
Spring 1979

Scholar-Politicians and Sheriffs

By Michael Nelson
Autumn 2003

Fighting for Lincoln’s Soul

By Michael Nelson
Spring 2000

Why the Media Love Presidents and Presidents Hate the Media

By Michael Nelson
Spring 1985

The Washington Community Revisited

By Michael Nelson
Summer 1982

Evaluative Journalism: A New Synthesis

By Michael Nelson
Winter 2001

Church on Saturday Night: Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion

By Michael Nelson
Winter 1988

C.S. Lewis and His Critics

By Michael Nelson