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education foundations, education policy, education leadership, racism, whiteness, religion, history of education, philosophy of education
United States

Biography

Nathan Tanner is a Doctoral Candidate in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership with a concentration in the history of education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His interdisciplinary research investigates the influence of white supremacy on educational opportunity structures and illuminates the ways politically and racially minoritized students navigate and resist oppressive schooling configurations. A primary goal of Nathan’s research is to draw educators and policymakers’ attention to the intersections and influence of place, race(ism), and religion on schools, past and present.

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Employment (2)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, Illinois, US

2019-08-16 to present | Graduate Research Assistant (Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership)
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Salt Lake City School District: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2015 to 2019 | Social Studies & ESL Teacher
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Education and qualifications (3)

Utah State Board of Education: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2015 to present | Certified Secondary Social Studies & ESL Teacher
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The University of Utah: Salt Lake City, UT, US

2013 to 2015 | M.Ed. (Educational Leadership and Policy)
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Brigham Young University: Provo, Utah, US

2005 to 2011 | B.A. History (History)
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Professional activities (7)

Western History Association: Fairbanks, US

2021 to present
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University Council for Educational Administration: East Lansing, MI, US

2019 to present
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History of Education Society: Lowell, MA, US

2019 to present
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American Educational Research Association: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2019 to present
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American Educational Research Association: Washington, D.C., US

2022-05 to 2024-04 | Graduate Student Council - Division F Representative
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University Council for Educational Administration: East Lansing, MI, US

2021-05 to 2023-11 | Graduate Student Council Representative
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History of Education Society: Lowell, MA, US

2020-07 to 2023-07 | Graduate Student Council Member
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Funding (1)

Document-Based and Oral Histories of Diné Student Experiences in the Mormon Indian Student Placement Program, 1945-2000

2024 to 2025 | Award
Humanities Research Institute (IL, IL, US)
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Works (8)

Oral history as emancipatory praxis in school leadership

Preparing to Lead: Narratives of Aspiring School Leaders in a "Post"-COVID World.
2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: M. Nathan Tanner
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Preparing to Lead: Narratives of Aspiring School Leaders in a "Post"-COVID World

Information Age Press
2023 | Book
Contributors: Patricia M. Virella; M. Nathan Tanner; Darin A. Thompson
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Determining Who Is Worthy: Stakeholder Perspectives on a District’s De-Leveling Initiatives

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
2023-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0161-4681
Part of ISSN: 1467-9620
Contributors: Rachel Roegman; Rebecca Hinze-Pifer; M. Nathan Tanner; Danté Studamire; Faith Thompson
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Following the data: an analysis of two schools' use of social emotional data

Journal of Educational Administration
2022-10-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Rachel Roegman; Kevin Tan; Nathan Tanner; Caitlin Yore
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Puerto Rican Chicago: schooling the city, 1940–1977, by Mirelsie Velázquez

History of Education
2022-07-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0046-760X
Part of ISSN: 1464-5130
Contributors: M. Nathan Tanner
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Derrick P. Alridge, Cornelius L. Bynum, and James B. Stewart, eds. The Black Intellectual Tradition: African American Thought in the Twentieth Century Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2021. 316 pp.

History of Education Quarterly
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Nathan Tanner
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Hauntological Pedagogies: Confronting the Ghosts of Whiteness and Moving towards Racial and Spiritual Justice

Religions
2022-01-17 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Nathan Tanner
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Using Anti-Racism to Challenge Whiteness in Educational Leadership

Handbook of Social Justice Interventions in Education
2021 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030295530
Part of ISBN: 9783030295530
Part of ISSN: 2197-1951
Part of ISSN: 2197-196X
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