Curriculum Vitae
Nathan Angelo, Ph.D.
Worcester State University
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01062
e. nathan (at) nathanangelopolitics (dot) com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Politics, New School for Social Research, 2015
Dissertation: Race and Ethnicity in Presidential Campaign Rhetoric, 1964-2004
M.A., Department of Politics, New York University, 2005
M.A., Department of Secondary Education, City University of New York, Lehman College, 2005
B.A., Hofstra University, 2002
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, 2016-Present
Lecturer of American Politics, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, 2015 – 2016
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2014 – 2015
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
The American Presidency; Racial and Ethnic Politics; Civil Liberties and Civil Rights; Political Theory; American Political Development; Political Communication; Elections and Voting; American Political Institutions; Public Policy; Congress; Constitutional Law; Public Health and Politics; Media and Politics
PUBLICATIONS
Book
“One America?: Presidential Appeals to Racial Resentment from LBJ to Trump” (May 2019, SUNY Press)
Referred Articles
“What Happened to Educational Equality? Tracing the Demise of Presidential Rhetoric on Racial Inequality in Higher Education” New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture (37:2, June 2015)
Non-Refereed Publications
Round-table discussion of The Ordinary Presidency. By Jon Herbert, Trevor McCrisken, Andrew Wroe. New York: Palgrave Macmillian, 2019, Journal of American Studies (Forthcoming)
Review of Presidents and Mass Incarceration: Choices at the Top, Repercussions at the Bottom. By Linda K. Mancillas. Westport, CT: Praeger. 2018, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Politics (June 2020)
“Lionel Sosa”, “Ruben Diaz Jr,” and “Melissa Mark-Viverito” Latinos in the American Political System (2019, ABC-CLIO)
“Presidential Rhetoric in 140 Characters or Less” in Kalantzis-Cope, Phillip and Karim Gherab-Martin, editors Emerging Digital Spaces in Contemporary Society (2010, Macmillan)
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Continuing Scholarship Grant, Worcester State University
2013, American Political Science Association Travel Grant
2013, Prestage-Cook Travel Award
2012, New School for Social Research Teaching Fellowship
2010, New School for Social Research Brecht Scholarship
2006-2009, New School for Social Research Scholarship
2005, Americorps Education Award
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2019, Clark University, November 5, 2019 “Connecting Race and Ethnicity with American Identity in Presidential Rhetoric”
2019, Worcester State University, November 19, 2019 “Race, Rhetoric, and American Identity”
2014, Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 13 – November 15, “The Origins of the Ethno-Racial Rhetorical Framework in Presidential Rhetoric”
2013, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 29 – September 1, “Ethnic and Racial Rhetoric during Reagan’s 1984 Campaign”
2013, Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, January 2 – 5, “One Changing Nation: Racial and Ethnic Categories in Presidential Rhetoric, 1964-2004”
2012, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 12 – 15, “Exporting Racial Inequality: Presidential Rhetoric on Race, Morality, and Foreign Policy”
TEACHING
Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
Courses: American Government, State and Local Government, Constitutions: US and MA, The American Presidency, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, Music and Politics, Racial and Ethnic Politics
Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
Courses: Introduction to American Politics, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, Political Communication
Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Courses: The American Presidency, Congress and Legislative Politics, African-American Politics, Educational Politics, Political Parties and Elections
Student Ratings (on a 5 point scale): How would you rate this instructor = 4.12/5
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, New York, NY
Course: Power and the American Political System
City University of New York, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Courses: The American Political System, Politics and Culture, United States and the World,Democracy and Its Critics, Introduction to Political Theory, Contemporary Political Issues
Programs: College Now, Freshman Year Initiative
Student Ratings (on a 4 point scale): Overall Rating of Instructor = 3.87/4
Teaching Assistant, The New School for General Studies, New York, NY
Course: Old Left, New Left, Future Left
High School of World Cultures, Bronx, NY
Courses: Economics, Government, United States History, World History, Computer Science, Health
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2020, 2015, Reviewer, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
2014, Reviewer, Association of American Colleges and Universities
2013, Reviewer, Political Research Quarterly
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Dennis Brutus/Merrill Goldwyn Center for Study of Human Rights Advisory Board, 2019-Present
University Curriculum Committee, 2018-Present
Ethnic Studies Advisory Board, 2018-Present
Technology Advisory Board, Worcester State University, 2017-2018
University Wide Library Advisory Board, Worcester State University, 2016-2017
REFERENCES AVAILABLE BY REQUEST