Contact Information
Biography
Nathanael Elias Mengist (his/hers) returns as a proud CHID alum and former staff member to pursue a PhD in Human[ities] Centered Design and Engineering at the UW Seattle campus.
Nat is serving as the new Director of Learning + Change with the art & agriculture-driven non-profit, The Common Acre, while coaching leaders in anti-racist governance through his independent consultancy, FLOWERBOI FACILITATIONS, LLC. He also co-organizes the Another Worldly Energies Symposium on Metaphysical Enterprises and is a member/pillar of Inquilab.
Nat has publications pending with the magazine Logic, the blog Paracultures, and the forthcoming edited volume The Anthropocene Laboratory.
Research
Selected Research
- Mengist, Nathanael Elias, Mariama Sidibe, Heidi Biggs, Tyler Fox, Phillip Thurtle, and Audrey Desjardins. "World building: Creating alternate worlds as meaningful making in undergraduate education." Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education 20, no. 1 (2021): 29-47.
- Mengist, Nat. "Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia Federici." Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 15, no. 1 (2020): 152-155.
Courses Taught
Spring 2025
Part-Time Lecturer | HUM 498: Special Topics in the Humanities: “Creating Alternate Worlds” | Summer 2019 | University of Washington, Seattle