Emily Nelsen

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Position Title
Graduate Student in Spanish, Emphasis in Human Rights
Faculty Advisor: Michael Lazzara

She/her
Sproul 110
Office Hours
Fall 24: Tuesday and Thursday (10:30-11:30am)
In-person or by appointment
Bio

Education and Degrees

University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • BA in Political Science; Spanish; Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies
  • Certificates: Public Policy; Gender & Women’s Studies

Research Interests and Expertise

Latin American literature and cultural studies; post- authoritarianism in Argentina and commemorative palimpsests at ESMA; politics of memory, trauma, violence, and human rights in the Southern Cone

Honors and Awards

  • 2021 Hilldale Fellow (UW-Madison)
  • 2022 HIA Summer Research Grant Recipient

Publications