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Office Hours
By appt or via Canvas at set times, which I will post to Canvas. To schedule an appt, please email me using the Canvas email function. My office hour link is located at the top of the modules section.
Nicola Walters
Lecturer
I am thrilled to be a member of the Politics Department at Cal Poly Humboldt. I draw from a background in political science, speech and debate, and social science to contribute to my research and my classes. When I graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2010, I began working as a campaign office manager for the Arizona Democratic Party and former U.S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick. After working in politics, I spent a couple of years teaching social studies and English in Thailand. I returned to the United States in 2012 and made my way to Northern California.
Living in Humboldt County has profoundly shaped who I am today and I continue to apply myself as a community organizer, student, and educator. While completing my M.A. in Social Science at Cal Poly Humboldt, I focused my research locally and keyed into the history of social movements, cannabis, and political structures that have shaped the socio-environmental landscape. My work continues to explore different ways of knowing and offers lessons in strengthening our own relationships with each other and our biosphere.
Areas of Interest
Environmental Politics, Criminality and Delinquency, Social Movements, and Social Activism.