Beruflich Dokumente
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NELSEN
UPDATED 8/13/2018
B.A., Political Science and Asian Studies, St. Olaf College, 2012
Minor: Latin American Studies
UNDER REVIEW Nelsen, Matthew D. “Teaching Citizenship: Race and the Behavioral Effects of American
Citizenship Education.” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Nelsen, Matthew D. “Cultivating Youth Engagement: Critical Pedagogy and Racialized Patterns
of Political Socialization.” American Journal of Political Science
SELECTED Matthew Nelsen, 2018, “Teaching Citizenship: Race and the Behavioral Effects of American
CONFERENCE Citizenship Education,” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political
PRESENTATIONS Science Association, Boston, MA, August 30-September 2
Matthew Nelsen, 2016, “Education’s Solution to the Civic Empowerment Gap,” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,
April 7-10.
ONGOING “Assessing Fake News: Civic Education in the New Media Age”
RESEARCH
“Young Adults’ Experiences and Perceptions of Urban Life in Chicago” —with Cathy J.
Cohen, Margaret Brower, and David Knight
“Chicago Neighborhood Study” —with Thomas Ogorzalek, Traci R. Burch, Reuel R. Rogers,
and Kumar Ramanathan
TEACHING Teaching Assistant, “American Government and Politics” (undergraduate). Thomas Ogorzalek,
EXPERIENCE Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, September 2018-December 2018.
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Teaching Assistant, “Studying Public Opinion” (undergraduate). James N. Druckman,
Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, March 2018-June 2018
Fifth Grade Teacher, The Israel Program for Excellence in English, June 2014-August 2014
Fifth Grade Teacher, San Antonio Independent School District, August 2012-June 2014
Graduate Researcher for Thomas Ogorzalek, Chicago Democracy Project, September 2018-
Present
Research Associate, National Property Valuation Advisors, Inc. August 2015-August 2016
Research Assistant for Micere Keels, Department of Comparative Human Development, The
University of Chicago, March 2015-June 2015
Research Assistant for Betty Farrell, The Cultural Policy Center-The Harris School of Public
Policy, The University of Chicago, September 2014-June 2015
SERVICE Co-Chair, Political Science Graduate Student Union, Northwestern University, June 2018-present
Mentor to incoming Teach For America corps members, Northwestern University, December 2017-
present
High School Entrance Test and ACT Tutor, Nurturing Wisdom Tutoring, September 2014-present
SELECTED Matthew Nelsen, “Arts Participation is Civic participation” June 2015, The Digest, Issue 7-
OTHER Arts, Politics, and Civic Participation, The Cultural Policy Center-The Harris School of Public
WRITING Policy, The University of Chicago
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/digest/cultural-participation-civic-participation
Matthew Nelsen, “Reevaluating the Social Worth of Community Arts Participation” June
2015, The Digest, Issue 7-Arts, Politics, and Civic Participation, The Cultural Policy Center-
The Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/digest/reevaluating-social-worth-community-arts-
participation
Matthew Nelsen, “What’s Great about the ‘Good City?’” January 2015, The Digest, Issue 5-
Looking Back, Looking Forward: What's Next for the Creative City? The Cultural Policy
Center-The Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/digest/what%E2%80%99s-great-about-%E2%80%98good-
city%E2%80%99
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Cathy J. Cohen, Professor
Department of Political Science, The University of Chicago
Pick Hall, 5828 S. University Ave. Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-8051 cjcohen@uchicago.edu