Shannon Bow O’Brien is an Associate Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her PhD from the University of Florida and her Master's and Bachelor’s from the University of Louisville. She specialises in American politics with an emphasis on the presidency. She is the author of 'Why Presidential Speech Locations Matter: Analyzing Speechmaking from Truman to Obama,' 'Donald Trump and the Kayfabe Presidency: Professional Wrestling Rhetoric in the White House,' and 'Eugenics in American Political Life: How the Politics of Superiority Still Shape Us Today.'
