Nathan Drapela
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
German Department
Division of Literature and Languages
Nathan Drapela joined the Reed faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor of German in 2024 after receiving a Ph.D. in from the Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies and a B.A. in Philosophy from Western Washington University. His current research focuses on the cultural and literary history of walking in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as a locus for understanding modern upheavals in temporality, self-narration, and human-environment relationships. Nathan’s research and teaching interests include narrative theory, environmental humanities, and science and technology studies, as well as all levels of German-language instruction.