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PhD Student | Religion & Society
Profile:
Nathan Samayo was born in Guam and raised in Tacoma, Washington. He obtained his BA at Seattle Pacific University and Master of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School where he studied religion and decolonial thought in the Pacific Islander diaspora. As a PhD student in the Religion and Society committee at Princeton Theological Seminary, Nathan’s research examines Indigenous sovereignty and ecological sustainability in Micronesia amidst 21st century Western Pacific geopolitics. He has served on several committees and research projects focused on Indigenous history, politics and culture including Harvard University’s Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights, Harvard Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Smithsonian Institute, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the joint Alaskan Native Heritage Center/Princeton Seminary Native American Boarding School history project, and the Cultural Museum of Sagan Kotturan CHamoru in Guam. Nathan loves his family and island food.
Publications:
Bevacqua, Michael Lujan, Monaeka Flores, Aren Kerr, Nathan Samayo and Anlin Wang. “An Independent Guåhan: A Roundtable Discussion with Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua and Monaeka Flores on Indigenous Resistance and Self-Determination in the Face of U.S. Imperialism.” Michigan Quarterly Review vol. 64, no. 2 (2025): 346-373.
