Nichols, J. (2017). Somali Literacy Histories: Practices in the Arabic Language Classroom. Journal of Literacy Research

Nichols, J. (2014). The Arabic Language Fog of War: Exploring Iraq War Veterans’ Motivations to Study Arabic Language and Culture Post-Deployment. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages

Nichols, J. (2013). Building Arabic Programs in the Midwest: reinventing a curriculum in a growing field. The Cardinal Ohio Foreign Language Association.

Nichols, J. Teaching Arabic to post-Deployment Veterans, National Council for Less Commonly Taught Languages. Madison, Wisconsin.

Nichols, J. Building an Arabic program from the Ground Up (and on a limited budget): issues, solutions, and resources. Central States Conference for Foreign Language Educators, Annual Conference.

Nichols, J. Veteran Language Learning Motivation Post-Deployment: Arabic vs. Persian � a language phenomenon?. World Congress for Middle East Studies (WOCMES), Ankara, Turkey.

Nichols, J. Neighbor to Neighbor in Pre-Civil War Syria: Humanizing political boundaries, Public Lecture. Columbus State Community College/Columbus Council on World Affairs, Columbus, OH.

Nichols, J. Neighbor to Neighbor in Pre-Civil War Syria: Humanizing political boundaries, Public Lecture. Kenyon College.

Nichols, J. Non-traditional language learners in the Arabic classroom: Veterans motivations to learn Arabic (but not Persian). Japan.

Nichols, J. Alternative Literacy Practices for Somali Language Learners. MERA, Chicago, IL.