Emily Nelsen

Education and Degrees

• B.A. in Political Science, Spanish, and Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies; Certificates in Public Policy & Gender and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2021)
• M.A. in Spanish and Latin American Literatures and Cultures, University of California, Davis (2024)

Honors and Awards

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

Courses

• SPA 1, 2, 3
• SPA 1Y, 2Y, 3Y
• HMR/HIS 161 (Introduction to Human Rights in Latin America) 

Research Interests and Expertise

• Contemporary Latin American literature and cultural studies
• Politics of memory, trauma, violence, and human rights in the Southern Cone

Publications

• Nelsen, Emily R. (2023) "Commemorative Palimpsests in Post-Authoritarian Argentina: The Case of ESMA," Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture: Vol. 8 : Iss. 2 , Article 1.
• Amanian et al, Natalie. “Entrevista a Nona Fernández: ‘Mi imaginación Corre Para Traducir Lo Real En Otro lenguaje’”. A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, vol. 22, no. 3, May 2025, pp. 2475, https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/2561
  - Collective interview among UC Davis and Chilean students in Professor Lazzara's Summer 2024 "Human Rights, Memory, and Democracy" course in Santiago, Chile