Scott Nolan

Scott N. Nolan is a Senior Professor of Practice in the Dept. of Political Science with affiliate appointment in the Dept. of Gender & Sexuality Studies.

His courses focus on courts, law, public policy, healthcare, identity politics like race gender and sexuality, as well as statistical methods of political research.

He has won many awards for his teaching and mentoring from his department, school, and the university – and is known for his passion, advocacy, concern for student success and campus life.

He serves on the Tulane NTC Honor Board which administers hearings when students are accused of academic misconduct. He won Faculty Member Honor Board Panelist of the Year in 2022. He also serves on the Tulane NTC Honor Board Appeals Committee. He was appointed by the NTC Dean as Faculty Chair of the Honor Board for 2025-2029.

He serves as the Faculty Advisor for three Tulane student organizations: Pi Sigma Alpha, Tulane’s Political Science Honor Society; the Tulane Mock Trial Club, a club that focus on courtroom / trial simulations and competitions; and Phi Alpha Delta, Tulane’s pre-law society, which allows him to mentor students interested in attending law school.

He serves on the Department of Political Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee; on the Tulane NTC Committee on Academic Integrity overseeing the Academic Code of Conduct; in the Tulane University Senate as Senator-at-Large, as well as on the Senate’s Committee for Student Affairs; in the NTC Working Group for Students Seeking Graduate Education; and in the Vice President for Student Affairs’ office as a member of the Campus Civic Engagement Coalition.

He serves as a Faculty in the Tulane Tenenbaum Scholars Program, Faculty in the Tulane College Scholars Program, and Faculty in the Tulane College Track Program.

Professor Nolan’s “Path to Law School” annual lecture series is well known across campus for helping hundreds of Tulane students gain acceptance and financial aid at more than 50 top American law schools since 2015.