Summary
Nathan Tanner is an assistant professor of Education Leadership at the 麻豆传媒AV. Dr. Tanner is a non-Native settler scholar of education history, education leadership and policy, and Native American and Indigenous Studies, specializing in archival, oral history and community-based research methodologies. He is particularly interested in research that draws educators’ and policymakers’ attention to the historic intersections, influence, and impact of colonialism, racism, and religion on American educational structures and society to begin addressing their contemporary challenges.
Dr. Tanner earned his Ph.D. in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership with a concentration in the history of education, and a graduate minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has worked as an educator since 2012; as an ESL teacher in Tianjin, China, as a middle school social studies teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah, and as an instructor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Select Publications
Tanner, M. N. (2025). , 1950-2007. Whiteness & Education.
Tanner, M. N. (2025). Resisting termination: Native American college student activism and the National Indian Youth Council, 1953-1970. History of Education Quarterly, 65(2), 1-30.
Osworth, D., & Tanner, M. N. (2025). . The Urban Review, 1-22.
Tapaha, O. G., & Tanner, M. N. (2024). Hazhó’ó baa ntsáhákeesgo: Considering insider-outsider perspectives on navigating a tribal IRB process for education research. Ethics & Behavior, 1-14.
Tanner, M. N. (2022/2024). Navajo practices of language ontologies: An historical case of language socialization at Intermountain Indian School. Wicaz艒 Ša Review, 37(1-2), 68-102.
Virella, P. M., Tanner, N., & Thompson, D. A. (Eds.). (2023). Preparing to lead: Narratives of aspiring school leaders in a “post”-COVID world. Information Age Publishing.
Tanner, M. N. (2022). . MDPI: Religions, 13(1), 1-14.