Professor Emeritus, History at University of California

Keith Nelson first came to Orange County in 1965 as one of the founding faculty of the Department of History at the University of California, Irvine. Nelson’s teaching and research interests lie in the fields of American foreign relations, Cold War history, the socio/economic impact of war, and religious studies. He and Olin are co-authors of Why War? Ideology, Theory, and History, a study available in paperback. In 2011 he was named UCI Emeritus Professor of the Year.