birth_place image_size birth_date residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
brigham city , utah 150px 21 january 1952 mcallen , texas robert s. nelsen
 robert s. nelsen president at california state university , sacramento brigham young university , university of chicago
robert s. nelsen

robert s. nelsen -lrb- born january 21 , 1952 -rrb- is the eighth president of california state university , sacramento in sacramento , california .
he assumed leadership of the university on july 1 , 2015 .
prior to becoming president of csus , he was serving as special adviser to the university of texas system 's executive vice chancellor for academic affairs .
before taking on this position , nelsen served as the eighth president of the university of texas -- pan american from january 2010 to august 2014 .
prior to this , nelsen was an associate vice president for academic affairs and professor of english at texas a&m university -- corpus christi .
earlier , nelsen was a faculty member at the university of texas at dallas .
he served as the speaker of the faculty and chaired the university of texas system faculty advisory council .
after winning the chancellor 's council award for outstanding teaching , he was recruited into the provost 's office and served as vice provost there .
nelsen is an author of fiction in journals which include the `` story quarterly '' , `` other voices '' , `` chariton review '' , and `` southwest review '' .
he lives with his wife in mcallen , texas .
