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
DZپDz
Biographical and Visual Research Methods
Comics and Social Research
Lynne Graham No Justice, Just Us: A qualitative mixed methods ethnographic study of organised foxhunting and anti-hunt activism in England and Wales Start Date: 01/10/2019
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