ROBERT NELSON

Robert J. Nelson is the Audio Projects Librarian in the Marriott Library. His primary position is to manage the Library's Audio Studio as part of the Creativity & Innovation Services Department.Robert serves several management positions within the Marriott Library: (Interim) Head, Audio-Visual Services; Head of the Fine Arts, Architecture & Planning, Humanities College & Interdisciplinary Team; Head of the International College & Interdisciplinary Team. He is the Selector/Liaison to the Religious Studies major.Robert has been employed at the Marriott Library since 1988. First, as a Student Employee and Staff Specialist in their Government Documents Department. From 1994-1998 he was the Serials Cataloger Librarian within Government Documents. From 1998-2009 he established and managed the Marriott Library's Curriculum Library which housed the University of Utah's K-12 Textbook Library.Robert's research interests are: New Media, Digital Storytelling, Audio Sound Creation/Editing, Interviewing for Research, Broadcast Media, Sound Art, Sound Archives. He also is a campus expert on Podcasting, Reggae Music & the Rastafari religion, Islam & Middle Eastern History/Culture.Born in the Birthplace of Montana: Fort Benton. Since 1988 Robert has been a deejay on local community radio station 90.9 FM KRCL. He is the host of Smile Jamaica, one of the longest running Reggae radio shows in the country. From 2003-2012 he was one of the hosts of KRCL's Radioactive program. He conducted more than 400 interviews with political stalwarts such as Howard Zinn, Ralph Nader, Amy Goodman and more.