About Nathan Hurst

Nathan Hurst joined Mizzou Law as the Director of Communications & Marketing in 2021. In this role, he leads all external and internal communications and marketing efforts for the School of Law.

Nathan has spent more than 14 years working in strategic communications at Mizzou. Following a stint as a producer for KOMU-TV in Columbia, he worked at the MU News Bureau, the central MU media relations office. For more than seven years at the News Bureau, he promoted Mizzou research and scholarship to the national media and served as a media relations liason and spokesperson for Mizzou Law and a number of schools, colleges and Mizzou offices.

After his time at the News Bureau, Nathan spent four years as the strategic communications manager for the MU Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment. In this position, he served as the primary communications professional for the center, managing their website and social media, writing stories and promoting the center and it’s services externally.

Educational Background

• BJ, University of Missouri School of Journalism, '08
• MA, University of Missouri School of Journalism, '16