Nicolás Hernández
Biographic Data
| ID | 3673692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicolás Hernández |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicolás |
| FAMILY NAME | Hernández |
| SIGNATURE | HERNÁNDEZ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1741-1212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Speculative Feasibility: Future Narratives and Discursive Infrastructure in Puerto Rico's Nuclear Alternative Project
This essay analyzes the Nuclear Alternative Project (NAP), a nonprofit advocacy effort to build the case for powering Puerto Rico's future with nuclear energy. NAP's textual materials situate nuclear energy as a neglected source that, if taken seriously, supported, and categorized as green, would emerge as a viable electricity generation source. While NAP reveals ways nuclear energy is not currently viable for Puerto Rico, it also builds a narrat…
Afghan Health Related Concerns Following the US Withdrawal: Results of a Survey Given via Social Media
Background The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 30th, 2021, ending 20 years of war in Afghanistan. This rapid timeline from announcement to withdrawal and subsequent power transfer had profound consequences on the Afghan people, particularly in the domains of health and healthcare. Methods On 15 September 2021, we posted an anonymous online cross-sectional survey on social media (Twitter, Facebook, …
US Military Deployments and the Risk of Coup d’État
The foundation of post–WWII US foreign policy is the deployment and maintenance of a vast network of overseas military deployments. While the external security implications of these deployments are better known, scholars have spent little time connecting deployments to the internal stability threat of a coup d’état. The deployment of service members overseas creates multiple pathways to decreasing the likelihood of coup attempts by both supportin…
Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico
As we write this, California is being ravaged by the second worst wildfire in its history (Dixie) and our fellow Utahns have experienced some of the world's worst air quality due, in part, to the smoke traveling east from the Dixie and other fires in the west. These consequences are just a few of the many ways in which the ongoing climate crisis is a threat multiplier: worsening extreme weather, droughts, wildfires, and, most significantly, the d…
The novelty news frame: How social identity influences policy attention of minority presidential candidates
The 2020 primaries featured the most diverse candidates seeking the U.S. presidency to date; however, news media preoccupied with the novelty of a candidate’s social identity may result in less policy coverage for those underrepresented in electoral politics. Utilizing content analysis, this study explores the prevalence of novelty news frames that emphasize candidate identity across three national news outlets and examines whether these frames d…
Under Pressure: Coal Industry Rhetoric and Neoliberalism
Under Pressure presents a rhetorical analysis of the coal industry’s campaign to maintain its hegemonic position in Western society, including a critical examination of connections between rhetoric
"Quilombo" and "El Otro Francisco": A Post-Modernist Attempt to Re-Write Contemporary History and Colonial Slavery in Brazil and Cuba
Donde esta Carmen Sandiego? !Buscala por todo el mundo
Transparent Language (Spanish Bonus Package)
Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico
As we write this, California is being ravaged by the second worst wildfire in its history (Dixie) and our fellow Utahns have experienced some of the world's worst air quality due, in part, to the smoke traveling east from the Dixie and other fires in the west. These consequences are just a few of the many ways in which the ongoing climate crisis is a threat multiplier: worsening extreme weather, droughts, wildfires, and, most significantly, the d…
Transparent Language (Spanish Bonus Package)
Donde esta Carmen Sandiego? !Buscala por todo el mundo
"Quilombo" and "El Otro Francisco": A Post-Modernist Attempt to Re-Write Contemporary History and Colonial Slavery in Brazil and Cuba
Under Pressure: Coal Industry Rhetoric and Neoliberalism
Under Pressure presents a rhetorical analysis of the coal industry’s campaign to maintain its hegemonic position in Western society, including a critical examination of connections between rhetoric
The novelty news frame: How social identity influences policy attention of minority presidential candidates
The 2020 primaries featured the most diverse candidates seeking the U.S. presidency to date; however, news media preoccupied with the novelty of a candidate’s social identity may result in less policy coverage for those underrepresented in electoral politics. Utilizing content analysis, this study explores the prevalence of novelty news frames that emphasize candidate identity across three national news outlets and examines whether these frames d…
Afghan Health Related Concerns Following the US Withdrawal: Results of a Survey Given via Social Media
Background The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 30th, 2021, ending 20 years of war in Afghanistan. This rapid timeline from announcement to withdrawal and subsequent power transfer had profound consequences on the Afghan people, particularly in the domains of health and healthcare. Methods On 15 September 2021, we posted an anonymous online cross-sectional survey on social media (Twitter, Facebook, …
US Military Deployments and the Risk of Coup d’État
The foundation of post–WWII US foreign policy is the deployment and maintenance of a vast network of overseas military deployments. While the external security implications of these deployments are better known, scholars have spent little time connecting deployments to the internal stability threat of a coup d’état. The deployment of service members overseas creates multiple pathways to decreasing the likelihood of coup attempts by both supportin…
Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico
As we write this, California is being ravaged by the second worst wildfire in its history (Dixie) and our fellow Utahns have experienced some of the world's worst air quality due, in part, to the smoke traveling east from the Dixie and other fires in the west. These consequences are just a few of the many ways in which the ongoing climate crisis is a threat multiplier: worsening extreme weather, droughts, wildfires, and, most significantly, the d…
Speculative Feasibility: Future Narratives and Discursive Infrastructure in Puerto Rico's Nuclear Alternative Project
This essay analyzes the Nuclear Alternative Project (NAP), a nonprofit advocacy effort to build the case for powering Puerto Rico's future with nuclear energy. NAP's textual materials situate nuclear energy as a neglected source that, if taken seriously, supported, and categorized as green, would emerge as a viable electricity generation source. While NAP reveals ways nuclear energy is not currently viable for Puerto Rico, it also builds a narrat…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Humanities (2 works)