Nathanael
Pribady

My writing, teaching, and research across education, critical theory, indigenous studies, and transnational networks.

Biography

Graduate student at Columbia University and an incoming PhD student at the University of Calgary. My research spans indigenous knowledge, banned archives, technofascism, technology, and rural sustainability.

MS in Learning Analytics

Columbia University, 2024 - Present

BSc in Informatics

Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, 2016 - 2020

Practice & Engagements

Selected roles across research, teaching, and building.

March 2025 - Present

Graduate Student Researcher

Columbia University . New York, United States

Contributing to various research initiatives within the university.

  • -Teacher Retention Data Analytics (Office of Teacher Education, Teachers College)
  • -Multimodal Learning Analytics for Inclusive Education (National Science Foundation, Columbia Engineering)

February 2020 - Present

Founder & Managing Director

Logos ID . Remote

Non-profit educational platform bridging experts and enthusiasts in philosophy, education, politics, pop culture, and science.

  • -230,000 users with 50,000,000 monthly views
  • -300 live classes with 160,000 attendees
  • -2,000 articles published
  • -600 rare books preserved (100,000 visits/month)

May 2025 - Present

Co-Founder

Deconstructing Indonesia . Remote

Organizing classes on Indonesian history, tracing the birth and development of Indonesian identity.

  • -Exploring origins, moral and political impetus of Indonesian identity
  • -Examining how identity was contested amongst its founders

May 2023 - August 2024

Product and Innovation Lead

Solar Chapter . Remote / East Nusa Tenggara

Non-profit organization helping underprivileged communities in Indonesia through sustainable methods.

  • -Built IoT-based monitoring system for solar-powered water pumps
  • -Received $250,000 grants from Google, ADB, Goldman Sachs, and AVPN

Writings & Works

Selected papers, essays, and interactive pieces.

Educational Data Mining

Text Mining

Philosophy of Education

Text Mining Analysis and Concept Mapping: Perceiving the Purpose of Education from Ancient Greece to Postmodern Era

View Poster & Paper

Educational Philosophy

Pedagogy

Critical Theory

Resonance Pedagogy Framework: Self-Authenticity and Consciousness Towards Collective Growth

View Philosophical Paper

Indigenous Studies

Environmental Justice

Rights of Nature

As If Tigers, Mountains, and Seas Could Talk: Rights of Nature Through Indigenous Ecological Citizenship

View Academic Paper

Lectures & Presentations

Talks delivered at conferences and symposia.

Indigenous Studies & Colonial History

What Water Knows: Indigenous Cosmologies, Colonial Dispossession, and the Onto-Epistemological Refusal in East Nusa Tenggara

Yale Conference on Indonesia, Yale University, 2026

Feminist Theory & Authoritarianism

Dancing Over the Generals: Gerwani, Anti-Gender Phantasm, and the Sexual Architecture of Indonesian Authoritarianism

Gender Matters 2026: Feminisms Against Fascism, The New School, 2026

Data Science & Philosophy

Text Mining Analysis and Concept Mapping of 60 Philosophical Texts: Perceiving the Purpose of Education from Ancient Greece to Postmodern Era

Data Science Day, Columbia University, 2025

Pedagogical Theory & Sustainable Development

Triadic Resonance Pedagogy for Education for Sustainable Development in Indonesia

AIFIS, Michigan State University, 2025

Distinctions

  • 2025
    2nd Place
    New York I-Corps Program, NSF
  • 2024
    1st Place
    World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge
  • 2024
    3rd Place
    Goldman Sachs Impact Analyst Fund
  • 2023
    1st Place
    Global Water Partnership Challenge