Dr. Ned O Gorman

Biography

Ned O’Gorman is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His areas of expertise include history rhetoric, media studies, and American political culture. A prolific author, he has written significant works such as 'Politics Everybody: Reading Hannah Arendt Uncertain' (2020, University of Chicago Press) and 'Lookout America! Secret Hollywood Studio Heart Cold War' (co-authored with Kevin Hamilton, 2019, Dartmouth University Press), both of which received critical acclaim. Additionally, O'Gorman penned 'The Iconoclastic Imagination: Image, Catastrophe, and Economy in America from the Kennedy Assassination to September 11' (2016, University of Chicago Press) and 'Spirits Cold War: Contesting Worldviews Classical Age American Security Strategy' (2011, Michigan State University Press). His scholarly contributions extend to numerous journal essays on topics related to rhetorical theory, aesthetics, and political history. Notably, he serves as President of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric and currently edits the Journal of History and Rhetoric. In 2020, he was honored as a University Scholar at the University of Illinois.

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