{"id":6205,"date":"2023-01-18T08:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=6205"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:13:46","slug":"nathan-prokipcak","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/people\/nathan-prokipcak\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Prokipcak"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before beginning your studies at the Institute of Political Economy where did you study and what program(s) were you enrolled in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I studied here at Carleton University. I received my Honours Bachelor of Arts in Global and International Studies with a specialization in Global Politics and a minor in German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is it specifically that attracted you to study Political Economy at Carleton?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program provides the opportunity to tailor your degree to your interests. I also really enjoy interacting with faculty and students, who are passionate about what they do. The size of the program also creates a feeling of community, and you get to know your fellow students well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My areas of research interest include\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous Political Economy, Economic Policy, Global Finance, Economics of Resource Extraction, Labour History, and the study of political parties, both in Canada, and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What activities have you been involved in lately? (work placement, work experience, Undergraduate research, research positions, volunteer work, awards, travel, favourite books)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work on various political campaigns at the municipal, provincial, and federal level. I also author content for continuing education seminars provided by the Ontario Association of Social Workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to a prospective Political Economy graduate student?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you\u2019re studying something you enjoy, read texts closely and carefully, and talk with your professors and classmates about theory both in and outside the class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6206,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Nathan","cu_people_last_name":"Prokipcak ","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[95],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-6205","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-2021-cohort"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Indigenous Political Economy, Economic Policy, Global Finance, Economics of Resource Extraction, Labour History, and the study of political parties, both in Canada, and internationally. ","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NathanProkipcak","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/6205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/6205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=6205"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=6205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}