About Me...

My name is Nathan Long, president of Saybrook University (since August of 2014) a regionally accredited, non-profit, private, graduate institution of higher learning with 16+ master’s and doctoral programs that incorporate a hybrid and virtual format. Our institution is currently located in Pasadena, California.

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Dr. Nathan Long

Career AT-A-GLANCE

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Years in higher education

25+

academic Credentials

UC: Doctor of Education, Educational Studies (Cognates: History, Sociology, Peace and Urban Education)

  • Dissertation on the history and impact of Junior ROTC

UC: Master of Education, Educational Studies (Cognates: Psychology and Sociology)

  • Master’s thesis project on the strengths & challenges of diversity training in residence life housing

UK: Bachelor of Music, Performance (Major: Trombone; Cognate: Conducting)

  • Additional study with noted trombonists including Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic); James Olin (Baltimore Symphony Orchesta); Scott Hartman (formerly of Empire Brass Quintet)

Presidencies

2014-Present: Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA

2010-2014: The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Cincinnati, OH

Faculty and administrative roles

2004-2014:

  • The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences

    • Assistant and Associate Professor

    • Dean, General Education and Instructional Support Services & Chief Academic Officer

    • Assistant Dean, General Education

  • Adjunct Faculty, University of Cincinnati

  • Adjunct Faculty, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

  • Part-Time Faculty (Research Methods) and Dissertation Advisor/Mentor, Walden University

Academic Courses

Selected Undergraduate Courses and Content: Introduction to Sociology, Cultural Differences, Schooling and Teaching in America, Baccalaureate Thesis Chair; Lifespan Development 

Selected Graduate Courses and Content: History of African American Education, 1609-1865 & 1865-Present; Politics of Education; Lifespan Development; Quantitative Research; Qualitative Research; Research Design, Methods, and Approaches; Dissertation Advisor/Mentor (30+ students)

Publications (Selected)

The Origins, Early Developments, and Present-Day Impacts of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corp on the American Public Schools (Doctoral Dissertation)

Education as Enforcement (Chapter 10: The Proliferation of JROTC, Co-Authored with M. Berlowitz)

Reflections of African American Peace Leaders, A Documentary History, 1898-1967 (Edited Edition, Co-Editors M. Berlowitz and E. Jackson)

Outside areas of interest

Trombone, Professional and Amateur Performing

Theatre (Dramas of the August Wilson, Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare variety)

U.S. Presidential Biographies, U.S. & World History, African American History, Political Economics

Technology, Including the Newest Learning and Social Media Technologies

Politics

Travel

Cooking