Government documents records speak to Americans directly; they are not what others tell us or interpret to us about our history. They provide a shared history in full instead of an excerpt or quick clip shown in a news report.
Author Archives: Shannon Bow O'Brien/University of Texas
Shannon Bow O'Brien is a professor of instruction at the University of Texas. She is a presidency scholar who focuses upon rhetoric. Her first book looks at the locations of presidential speeches. In other words, do location choices help better inform us about priorities and decisions of administrations? Her current book looks at how Donald Trump uses professional wrestling language in the presidency to help sway the public. He uses wrestling tactics to craft manufactured realities that emphasize his worldview.
She teaches American Politics, American Presidency, Social Movements, Politics and Film, and Urban Politics. Her work focuses on how government and policy are impacted by choices and how individuals and their choices impact systems.