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David Nelson Portrait

David Nelson

Associate Professor

  • Ph.D.
    The University of Southern Mississippi
  • Master of Arts
    The University of Central Missouri
  • Bachelor of Arts
    The University of Central Missouri

Teaching Fields: Public Speaking, Human Communication, Social Media Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, Political Communication, Mass Media, Data Analytics, International Media, Teams and Leadership, Humor, Intercultural Communication, and Research Methods.  

David R. Nelson teaches in the Communication Arts department at Valdosta State University. He teaches classes and conducts research on social media, data analytics, humor, popular culture, and rhetoric at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He enjoys listening to and playing music in his spare time, spending time with his partner and cat, and occasionally listening to podcasts about wrestling and music, as well as taking weekend getaways. Dr. Nelson obtained his doctorate in communication from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Scholarship: 

Ramsey, M, & Nelson, (2025). The humor paradox and identity in professional stand-up comedy: Humor enactment as a predictor of personal- relational and enacted-relational identity gaps in the comedian-audience relationship. Communication Research Reports,
https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2025.2464707
Nelson, D. (2025). The social media: Is it still a thing? Kendal Hunt.
Nelson, D. & Kulovitz. (2022). “Saturday nite is dead” at least for a while: Changes in popular culture theory during a time of crisis. In J. Kuypers (Ed.) Public communication in the time of COVID-19: Disciplinary perspectives on the pandemic (pp. 229-240). Lexington Books.
Nelson, D. & Pacheco, G. (2021). Invitational rhetoric and humor: Making audiences laugh, inviting them to think. Advances in Social Science and Culture, 3 1-13.
Ramsey, M. & Nelson D. (2021). "Check, check, 1, 2, 3; is this thing on?" Keeping student attention through humor In K. Vaiday (Ed.), Teach communication with a sense of humor: Why (and how to) be a funnier and more effective communication teacher and laugh all the way to your classroom (pp. 144-152). Curious Academic Publishing.

229.245.3840

drnelson@valdosta.edu

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