Garrison Nelson Biographical Information

GARRISON NELSON

(1968) Professor Old Mill Room 504 (802) 656-4223 Garrison.Nelson@uvm.edu
A.B., Boston University; M.A., and Ph.D. The University of Iowa. Professor Nelson teaches courses in American government, political leadership and political parties. He is the author of more than one hundred articles and professional papers on the U.S. Congress and elections in Vermont. Editor-in-Chief of the two-volume work, Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992. Co-editor of the four-volume work, Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1789- 1946. Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System. Contributing Editor to the Encyclopedia of American Political History; Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections; Encyclopedia of the U.S. Congress; and Encyclopedia of New England Culture. Editor of the 30,000 committee assignment database, 1947-1995 for WESTLAW and M.I.T. President of the New England Political Science Association (1991-92) and President (1995-96) and Executive Director (1997- 2000) of the Northeastern Political Science Association.