Brent Nelsen Nominated for CPB Board

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

Dr. Brent F. Nelsen is Chair of the South Carolina Educational Television Commission and a Professor of Political Science at Furman University, positions he has held since 2011 and 2002, respectively. From 2003 to 2009, Dr. Nelsen served as Chair of the Department of Political Science at Furman University and has held various teaching positions there since 1990. He is a member of the South Carolina American Political Science Association, where he previously served as President from 2009 to 2010. Dr. Nelsen was first appointed to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2013. Dr. Nelsen received a B.A. from Wheaton College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.