Meet Nathan

Nathan is a former public school social studies teacher, an education historian, and a community activist committed to social justice.

Nathan Tanner is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at The University of Nevada, Reno.

An interdisciplinary non-Native settler scholar of education history, education leadership and policy, critical race theory, as well as Native American and Indigenous studies, Nathan is concerned with understanding histories of racism, settler colonialism, and white supremacy and addressing the challenges these structures present in contemporary schools and society.

Nathan’s scholarship can be read in History of Education Quarterly, Educational Policy, Ethics & Behavior, Wicazō Ša Review, MDPI: Religions, The Urban Review, Whiteness & Education, and the Handbook of Social Justice Interventions in Education. He has also published a co-edited book with Information Age Publishing titled, Preparing to Lead: Narratives of Aspiring School Leaders in a “Post”-COVID World.

Nathan’s Curriculum Vitae

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