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Nadkarni, Nalini

Nalini Nadkarni

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6621
Email: Nalini Nadkarni
Office: Lab II 2259

International Canopy Network

Education: B.S., Brown University, 1976; Ph.D., College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, 1983

Subjects: Botany, ecology, environmental studies, forest ecology, forest resources, research methods, science

Fall 2009
Temperate Rainforests
Fall 2009, Winter and Spring 2010
Advanced Research in Environmental Studies


Nakasone, Raul

Raul Nakasone

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6065
Email: Raul Nakasone
Office: Lab II 3269

Education: Credentials for Secondary Education in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Enrique Guzman y Valle National University of Education, 1968; M.A., Teaching (Physics), Lewis and Clark College, 1973

Subjects: Spanish language and Latin American studies by cultural immersion in Peru, liberatory education, international education of minority groups: linking South and North American Native Nations, teaching K-12 math and physics, impact of new technologies, study of alternative technologies, Latin American history and current issues (especially Peru), Latin American cultural studies, Native American studies

Fall 2009, Winter and Spring 2010
Spirituality: The Eyes of the Unknown


Nasser, Alan

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Faculty Emeritus (Retired)

Phone: 360-867-6759
Email: Alan Nasser
Office: Sem II C2112

Education: A.B., Classical and Modern Languages, St. Peter's College, 1961; Ph.D., Philosophy, Indiana University, 1971

Subjects: Freudian studies, Marxian studies, philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of social sciences, political economy, religious studies, sociology


Neitzel, James

James Neitzel

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6463
Email: James Neitzel
Office: Lab I 1022

Education: B.A., Chemistry, Biology, Macalester College, 1977; Ph.D. Chemistry, Cal Tech, 1987

Subjects: Biochemistry, organic chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, microbiology, evolution, chemistry

Fall 2009, Winter and Spring 2010
Molecule to Organism
Fall 2009, Winter and Spring 2010
Undergraduate Research in Scientific Inquiry


Nelson, Alice

Alice Nelson

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6629
Email: Alice Nelson
Office: Sem II E3112

Education: A.B., cum laude, Spanish, Davidson College, 1986; A.M., Spanish, Duke University, 1989; Certification, Women's Studies, Duke University, 1990; Certification, Latin American Studies, Duke University, 1994; Ph.D., Spanish, Duke University, 1994

Subjects: Spanish language, Spanish cultural studies, Latin American literature and cultural studies, women's studies, feminist studies, gender studies, Latin American studies, writing, literature, community studies

Fall 2009
Latin American Short Story
Winter and Spring 2010
Literature and the Cultural Politics of Democracy in Chile and Brazil


Nelson, Lin

Lin Nelson

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6056
Email: Lin Nelson
Office: Sem II E3102

Education: B.A., Sociology, Elmira College, 1970; M.A., Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 1970; Ph.D., Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 1981

Subjects: Environmental health, environmental studies, environmental policy, environmental justice, health studies, community studies, community organizing, social science, public policy, public health

Fall 2009 and Winter 2010
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Spring 2010
Community-Based Research: Knowledge in Place
Fall 2009, Winter and Spring 2010
Advanced Research in Environmental Studies


Nelson, Neal

Neal Nelson

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6738
Email: Neal Nelson
Office: Lab I 2010

Education: B.A., Mathematics, Washington State University, 1974; M.S., Computer Science, Washington State University, 1976; Ph.D., Computer Science, Oregon Graduate Institute, 1995

Subjects: Computing, mathematics, computer science

Fall 2009
The Mathematical Order of Nature
Winter and Spring 2010
Computer Science Foundations
Fall 2009, Winter and Spring 2010
Undergraduate Research in Scientific Inquiry


Nisbet, Sandie

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Faculty

Phone: 360-867-6810 (voice mail)
Email: Sandie Nisbet
Office: Com 308B

Fall 2009 and Winter 2010
Portraits


Niva, Steven

Steven Niva

Faculty

Phone: 360-867-5612
Email: Steven Niva
Office: Lab I 1005

Education: B.A., Government and International Affairs, The University of Virginia, 1988; Ph.D., Political Science (International Relations and Middle East Studies), Columbia University, 2003

Subjects: International politics, international studies, international relations, U.S. foreign policy, political science, globalization and alternatives, Middle Eastern studies, Middle Eastern cultural studies, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, political philosophy (critical and postmodern theory), social and political organizing

Fall 2009 and Winter 2010
Transforming the Art of War: From Clausewitz to Al-Qaida and Beyond
Spring 2010
The Roots of Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy