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Ned O'Gorman is an U.S. professor and author in communication studies.[1] His research focuses on the history of rhetoric, media studies, and political culture. O'Gorman's work emphasizes the rhetorical and ideological legacies of the Cold War and their implications for American political culture.[2]

He is the author of several books, most recently Politics for Everybody: Reading Hannah Arendt in Uncertain Times (University of Chicago Press). Prior to Politics for Everybody, he was the author of three books on the Cold War and its aftermath including, with Kevin Hamilton, the award-winning Lookout America! The Secret Hollywood Film Studio at the Heart of the Cold War,[3] published in 2019 by Dartmouth College Press. The book is centered on the history of Lookout Mountain Air Force Station Laboratory.[4] It was the basis of the Smithsonian documentary "Atomic Age Declassified: Filming the Bomb[5]" and has informed other documentaries and exhibits on the nuclear age in the United States and Europe.

O'Gorman has also published in political theory, rhetorical theory, and media studies. He is currently the editor of the Journal for the History of Rhetoric, published by Penn State University Press and the American Society for the History of Rhetoric.

He has taught at the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2005. In addition to teaching, he is affiliated at Illinois with the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies, the Center for Global Studies and the Center for Writing Studies at UIUC. He has also been a writer at The Infernal Machine, the Huffington Post, and The Hedgehog Review[6].[7]

Education

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O'Gorman obtained his B.A. from Saint Louis University. He received his M.A. from University of Tennessee and his Ph.D. in 2005 from The Pennsylvania State University.[8]

Selected Honors and Awards

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  • 2014 – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Illinois
  • 2016, Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Research Award, National Communication Association
  • 2019, Diane S. Hope Book Award, Visual Communication Division, National Communication Association
  • 2020 – University of Illinois University Scholar
  • 2021 –  University of Illinois Impact Award for teaching service

Selected Publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Ned O'Gorman, University of Illinois". Ned O'Gorman, University of Illinois. 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  2. ^ "Ned O'Gorman | Department of Communication | Illinois". communication.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  3. ^ https://lookoutamerica.org/
  4. ^ "Lookout Mountain Laboratory". lookoutamerica.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  5. ^ https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/episodes/dmxl2m/atomic-age-declassified-filming-the-bomb-season-1-ep-3
  6. ^ https://hedgehogreview.com/contributors/ned-ogorman
  7. ^ "Ned O'Gorman". Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.
  8. ^ "Ned O'Gorman | Department of Communication | Illinois". communication.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
  9. ^ Vivan, Bradford (2021). "Review of Politics for Everybody: Reading Hannah Arendt in Uncertain Times". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 107 (1): 136–139 – via Taylor & Francis.
  10. ^ Chamberlain, Craig (2019). "New book tells story of secret Hollywood studio that shaped the nuclear age". Illinois News Bureau.
  11. ^ Rosen, Michael (2023). "Famously weird actor owns secret Cold War military compound in California". SFGate.
  12. ^ "Ned O'Gorman". The University of Chicago Press.