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Christian Nelson, PhD

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

Schools/Departments School of Arts & Sciences

Contact christian.nelson@mcphs.edu
617.879.5975

Education
PhD & MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
BA, Beloit College
Areas of Teaching

Interpersonal Communiction

Scholarly Interests
Interpersonal Communication
 Language and Social Interaction
 Health Communication
Research Methods
Rhetoric of Science
Honors
Nelson, C. K. (2005). A Re-Affirmation of the Intent and Accuracy of Classifying communibiology's Texts. Communication Theory, 15, 485-494.

Nelson, C. K. (2004). Classifying communibiology's texts: Implications for genre theory. Communication Theory, 14(2), 142-166.

Nelson, C. K. (2001). The haunting of communication research by dead metaphors: For reflexive analyses of the communication research literature. Language and Communication, 21, 245-262.

Nelson, C. K. (2001). If it sounds too good to be true, it is: A Wittgensteinian approach to the conflict literature. Language and Communication, 21, 1-22.
Current Professional Memberships, Service & Leadership

National Communication Association

Personal Interests
Personal Webpage: http://mcphs.academia.edu/ChristianNelson