Jason Nichols is a professor at the University of Maryland College Park. His work has been featured in Al-Jazeera, The Guardian, Latino Rebels, The Hill, NBC News and many other prominent publications, and he makes regular appearances on local television and cable news programs. He has received the Academic Excellence Award for Outstanding Faculty from the Office of Multicultural Student Education and the M. Lucia James Impact Award from the Student Success Leadership Council. He was also awarded the Faculty Advisor of the Year Award by the UMCP NAACP.