Nathan started as a Lecturer at 51 in September 2018. His research interests include animal advocacy, environmentalism, and other forms of political activism, with a particular interest in the criminalisation of political protest. He is also interested in biographical, visual and graphic narrative approaches to social research.
Before joining Northumbria, Nathan worked as a Teaching Fellow in Criminology in the Department of Sociology at Durham University, and as a Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Teesside University. Nathan completed his PhD at Durham University in 2015. In 2017 he published a monograph based on his PhD research, entitled ‘Understanding Veganism: Biography and Identity’.
Critical Animal Studies
Green Criminology
Veganism and Animal Advocacy
Criminalisation and Repression of Protest
Undercover Policing
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Biographical and Visual Research Methods
Comics and Social Research
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