Nathaniel Hodes

Nathaniel Hodes serves as Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Critical Reading and Writing Courses (EMS 101/102) within the Department of English and Media Studies at Bentley University, actively contributing to academic governance through multiple committee leadership roles.

His educational credentials include:

• B.A. from Yale University
• M.A. from Brandeis University
• Ph.D. from Brandeis University

Research centers on early modern poetry and logic, proof and justification frameworks, and tactical urbanism, with teaching emphasizing composition, early modern literature, and urban studies. This interdisciplinary approach bridges literary analysis with practical urban theory and epistemological inquiry.

Current service includes chairing both the Critical Reading and Writing Committee and Writing and Communication Committee, mentoring the Bentley Car Club, and volunteering as a transcriber for the Library of Congress Douglass Day initiative.