Nathan Tanner
@mnathantanner.bsky.social
PhD from Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Assistant Professor of Education Leadership at the University of Nevada, Reno. Former social studies & language teacher. Current #histed and #edpolicy scholar researching colonialism/racism/religion. he/him
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I appreciate the work @littlejusticeleaders is doing on Instagram to provide white settler parents with resources for talking to children about social injustice. Here is an example for engaging in discussion about Thanksgiving (and its myths).
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I appreciate the work @littlejusticeleaders is doing on Instagram to provide white settler parents with resources for talking to children about social injustice. Here is an example for engaging in discussion about Thanksgiving (and its myths).
This! I have been using the em dash far longer than ChatGPT and I refuse to concede this ground because of an automated language model.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This! I have been using the em dash far longer than ChatGPT and I refuse to concede this ground because of an automated language model.
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Listening to some local jazz while drinking a locally brewed beverage while sitting on a rock just off the Lake Tahoe shore while the kids play in the water and collect rocks. This is the life.
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Listening to some local jazz while drinking a locally brewed beverage while sitting on a rock just off the Lake Tahoe shore while the kids play in the water and collect rocks. This is the life.
I can’t emphasize enough how this isn’t even about Trump, et al. trying to destroy/limit federal institutions &/or oversight. It’s about preventing future alterations (in whatever form!) to existing class/race-based status quo.
July 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how this isn’t even about Trump, et al. trying to destroy/limit federal institutions &/or oversight. It’s about preventing future alterations (in whatever form!) to existing class/race-based status quo.
Gone are the days of maintaining the illusion that approximating equal opportunity is a goal—let alone THE goal—of education. SCOTUS working diligently to decimate civil rights in K12, make higher edu inaccessible, & force (re: track) youth to accept low-wage labor to sustain the ruling class.
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Gone are the days of maintaining the illusion that approximating equal opportunity is a goal—let alone THE goal—of education. SCOTUS working diligently to decimate civil rights in K12, make higher edu inaccessible, & force (re: track) youth to accept low-wage labor to sustain the ruling class.
First MLB game in two years hit the spot, even if the Sox did lose in the end lol. Fun to see two of my favorite teams play each other, too. We have to try and find some joy in the chaos that is our current sociopolitical hellscape. Baseball is a wonderful escape.
June 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
First MLB game in two years hit the spot, even if the Sox did lose in the end lol. Fun to see two of my favorite teams play each other, too. We have to try and find some joy in the chaos that is our current sociopolitical hellscape. Baseball is a wonderful escape.
The last time a Senator from Utah made moves like the ones Mike Lee is, 100 tribes were terminated and 1.3 million acres of land were stolen. We shouldn’t see this as anything less than Termination 2.0.
June 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The last time a Senator from Utah made moves like the ones Mike Lee is, 100 tribes were terminated and 1.3 million acres of land were stolen. We shouldn’t see this as anything less than Termination 2.0.
Peonies in bloom at Allerton Park.
May 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Peonies in bloom at Allerton Park.
Presented this morning with this great crew! What a pleasure to learn from and with such incredible scholars. I can only tag @khalil.bsky.social since he’s the only other one of us all with a Bsky account! #AERA25
April 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Presented this morning with this great crew! What a pleasure to learn from and with such incredible scholars. I can only tag @khalil.bsky.social since he’s the only other one of us all with a Bsky account! #AERA25
I’m super excited to share that I have accepted an offer (and officially signed a contract) with the University of Nevada, Reno, to begin working as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Studies beginning fall 2025!
April 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m super excited to share that I have accepted an offer (and officially signed a contract) with the University of Nevada, Reno, to begin working as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Studies beginning fall 2025!
Mr. President, you are getting dragged on Instagram. Rightly so. As preeminent Diné historian Jennifer Denetdale has written: “American imperial expansion into Navajo lands and the exploitation of Navajo resources has not benefited Navajo.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mr. President, you are getting dragged on Instagram. Rightly so. As preeminent Diné historian Jennifer Denetdale has written: “American imperial expansion into Navajo lands and the exploitation of Navajo resources has not benefited Navajo.”
Today I became Dr. Tanner after I passed my dissertation defense! I’m very grateful for everyone who helped me get to this moment; it’s been a community effort.
April 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Today I became Dr. Tanner after I passed my dissertation defense! I’m very grateful for everyone who helped me get to this moment; it’s been a community effort.
This portal weaponizes both public dollars and a federal office to attack educators and children. We must see this for what it is—state sanctioned violence to repress the plurality of human existence, and to prevent human flourishing.
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This portal weaponizes both public dollars and a federal office to attack educators and children. We must see this for what it is—state sanctioned violence to repress the plurality of human existence, and to prevent human flourishing.
Excited to be presenting at and participating in this conference today. It’s always a wonderful experience!
February 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Excited to be presenting at and participating in this conference today. It’s always a wonderful experience!
For the nerds: exciting changes/additions to the 18th ed. include explicit inclusion of and guidance for the use of Indigenous languages. It also includes specific acknowledgement of and (IMO) more respectful treatment of Indigenous sources of knowledge—e.g., oral history / stories. #histed #writing
January 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
For the nerds: exciting changes/additions to the 18th ed. include explicit inclusion of and guidance for the use of Indigenous languages. It also includes specific acknowledgement of and (IMO) more respectful treatment of Indigenous sources of knowledge—e.g., oral history / stories. #histed #writing
Ooof. @keithorejel.bsky.social with the sick (and accurate) burn 😬
January 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ooof. @keithorejel.bsky.social with the sick (and accurate) burn 😬
It is highly likely.
December 7, 2024 at 10:58 PM
It is highly likely.
I wrote this when I was the instructor for a required course for the #ESL teaching endorsement in Illinois. I wanted to understand more deeply how language socialization has functioned in #histed within oppressive circumstances & how students have made space for themselves.
November 26, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Historical materialists everywhere in agreement with Steinmetz-Jenkins.
November 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Historical materialists everywhere in agreement with Steinmetz-Jenkins.
From James S Murphy on Twitter: What states get the biggest benefit from the US Department of Education
November 20, 2024 at 8:27 PM
From James S Murphy on Twitter: What states get the biggest benefit from the US Department of Education
Great conversation tonight between Dr. Bryan Brayboy and Rebecca Nagle about the new book: By the Fire We Carry!
November 12, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Great conversation tonight between Dr. Bryan Brayboy and Rebecca Nagle about the new book: By the Fire We Carry!