UTPA Welcomes Dr. Robert S. Nelsen

Dr. Robert S. Nelsen, president-designate of The University of Texas-Pan American, was treated to a red carpet welcome Wednesday, Nov. 18, during an event hosted by The University of Texas System to introduce Nelsen to the UTPA community. Nelsen succeeds Dr. Blandina Cárdenas, who retired in January 2009. He earned both his bachelors and masters degrees in political science from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at The University of Chicago. His Ph.D. fields of specialization are modern literature, modern philosophy and modern political theory.

Prior to his arrival in 2008 at TAMUCC, Nelsen worked for 18 years at The University of Texas at Dallas, last serving as vice provost. During his years there, he started the creative writing program and nurtured the development of an arts and humanities curriculum. Nelsen is an accomplished author with numerous publications of fiction, including a novel currently under review by a publisher.

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