Patrick Kekoa Nichols is a Native Hawaiian scholar in Rhetorical Studies. Nichols obtained his B.A. from Liberty University in Psychology and his M.A. from the Harvard University in History. His research focuses on the intersection of US Foreign Policy, Indigenous Studies and Decolonial Theory. Throughout his research he is often asking: 

"How do communities reproduce themselves amidst macro-power structures?" 

"What role do these structures play in worldmaking practices and vernacular rhetoric?"

Recent Publication

Patrick Kekoa Nichols, "Governing Trade Conflicts: U.S. Economic Rhetoric, 1970-1979," USAbroad-Journal of American History and Politics 9 (2026): 37-50.