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Catherine Nelson, Ph.D.

Catherine Nelson, Ph.D.

Professor of Spanish
Spanish Culture and Literature; Literary Translation; Spanish Language Acquisition
Department
Modern Language
Office location

Old Main 216

Office hours

I am on sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Email
cnelson [at] NebrWesleyan.edu
Phone

(402) 465-2399

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Education

Ph.D. (2000) University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Modern Languages and Literatures
Dissertation: Explorations in the Postmodern Mode: Postmodern Sensibilities in the Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novel. This study proposes a new way of conceptualizing postmodern sensibilities in order to observe their manifestation and development throughout the history of the narrative.
Dr. Harriet Turner, Dissertation Advisor

M.A. (1994) New York University, Madrid, Spain
Spanish Culture and Civilization
Master’s Essay: El matrimonio en la novela contemporánea española (1880-1990)
Professor José Avello-Flórez, Thesis Director

B.A. (1993) Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas
Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Spanish; Phi Beta Kappa
Majors: Spanish and Latin American Studies

Research and academic interests

You are welcome to read about my academic interests on my professional e-portfolio: .