Nicole Sintetos

English, Humanities, Administration, Athletics
805-684-4127 x336
nicole_sintetos@cate.org

BA, American Studies & Science, Technology, and Society (STS), Colby College
MA, Public Humanities, Brown University
PhD Candidate, American Studies, Brown University
Appointed: 2022

Born and raised in Salinas, California, Nicole is thrilled to return to the west coast after more than a decade living and working in New England. She began her career at Dublin School in New Hampshire, where she taught English and History courses, coached lacrosse, and spearheaded school-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. In 2016, she took a hiatus from high school teaching to pursue a PhD at Brown University. There, she had the opportunity to design her own undergraduate courses in the American Studies and Ethnic Studies departments. Whether working with high school juniors or college sophomores, Nicole’s practice as an educator is grounded in the belief that the act of learning should be as rigorous as it is joyful— and cultivated in a classroom lighted by both introspection and bold curiosity.

On the Mesa, Nicole remains a practicing researcher and writer. She is currently the co-director of a National Park Service-funded digital project that draws on archival material, oral histories, and drone imagery to preserve the history of overlooked World War II Japanese internment sites in Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana.