Professional Affiliation

UGA Athletics Association Professor of the Humanities, University of Georgia

Expert Bio

Scott Reynolds Nelson (UNC History PhD, 1995) is UGA Athletics Association Professor of the Humanities at the University of Georgia. His book Steel Drivin’ Man (2006), about the life and legend of John Henry won four national awards including the Merle Curti Prize for best book in US history. He has written widely on the history of capitalism including A Nation of Deadbeats (2012), an international history of US financial crises. Basic Books will release his latest book Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World in February 2022.