Rob Nixon is a South African author.
[1] Nixon received a B.A.
from Rhodes University, South Africa, in 1978.
in English from the University of Iowa in 1982, and a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University in 1989.
[2] Nixon teaches environmental studies, postcolonial studies, creative nonfiction, African literature, world literature, and twentieth century British literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.