Joe Nalven

Joe Nalven, formerly the Associate Director of the Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias at San Diego State University, focused on issues of binational cooperation on environmental issues and immigration. He later became an attorney before returning to academia to teach lawyering skills (at the University of San Diego Law School) as well as teaching classes in cultural anthropology (indigenous religions, human nature, sustainability). For the past several years, he has written articles on ethnic studies in K-12, DEI in higher education, the sex-gender issue, climate change as well as the uses of artificial intelligence. He is also an artist, exhibiting his photography, mixed, media, digital art and AI imagery.