Professor Michael Nitz will summarize and round off the U.S. presidential election. Where is the world headed next after this?
Professor Michael Nitz has over two decades of international higher education experience. He is a professor of Communication and Media Studies at Augustana University. He teaches courses in Public Relations, International Communication, Political Communication, and Mass Media Effects. Frequently, his teaching is done via study away courses in Germany and Norway. As Coordinator of Norwegian Programs, Professor Nitz facilitates and supports higher education exchanges between Norway and Augustana.
His research focuses on international media coverage of political issues, including Norwegian newspaper coverage of the U.S. Presidential elections. He has been in Norway for every presidential election since 2004 (with the exception of COVID in 2020).
Professor Nitz is a Fulbright Senior Scholar (Germany) and has taught the past two summers in Norway at the ISS Summer School (UiOslo) and the American College of Norway (Moss).