Nathan Cofnas

Nathan Cofnas (born 1986 or 1987) is an American Postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium. He is known for his advocacy of "race realism" (more usually known as scientific racism) and the controversies which have followed from this concept including his suspension from Ghent in August 2026 and earlier, in 2024, Emmanuel College, Cambridge severing all its connections with him. Quotes [I]n a meritocracy, Harvard faculty would be recruited from the best of the best students, which means the number of black professors would approach 0%. From 2024 blog essay, as cited in Lauren Michele Jackson "The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal", The New Yorker (August 19, 2026). Jason Arday was a black professor at the University of Cambridge who resigned from his post after multiple allegations were made against him, including accusations of plagiarism from Cofnas. Arday was later found dead. I'm still waiting for the revolution to happen, and then I'll get another job. [...] After the revolution, I'll be the head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard. A false quote attributed to Cofnas from a podcast with Rob Montz, in Lauren Michele Jackson "The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal", The New Yorker (August 19, 2026). See also Eugenics Race and intelligence Category:1980s births Category:Living people