Alan Nasser

When I was a student at Evergreen around 2008 I spent a quarter studying the American economy through a program taught by Alan Nasser. While I didn't always agree with his final analysis, that program laid the foundation of my entire understanding of political economy, i.e. the way things actually work. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of Alan's rigorous intellectual demands, but more than anything what I remember is his warmth and sense of humor. I feel very lucky and grateful to have...

I was looking up Alan to reconnect with him and just learned of his unfortunate passing. Alan was a professor of mine at Evergreen from 1996 to 1998. He was brilliant, tough, a thought-provoker, and a true example of what it means to be a "professor". I often made the mistake of challenging Alan in class, for which he would promptly put me in my place. But he also deeply appreciated serious students like me. One day after Alan and I had "sparred" in his Modern Moral Dilemmas class he asked...