Nelsen Tapped for CPB Board

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Brent F. Nelsen for the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Nelsen is a Professor of Political Science at Furman University, a position he has held since 2002. He has served as Chair of the South Carolina Educational Television Commission since 2011. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Furman University, and has held various teaching positions there since 1990. He was President of the South Carolina Political Science Association from 2009 to 2010, and is a member of the American Political Science Association. Dr. Nelsen received a B.A. from Wheaton College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.