Nathan Richardson teaches design, real estate, and entrepreneurship at the Oklahoma State University School of Architecture as an associate professor. He received a Master of Design Studies with Distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and is a licensed architect in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. The integration of design and entrepreneurship is central to his research and teaching. He was a 2013 recipient of the ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award, has twice been named the Riata Fellow of the Year by the OSU School of Entrepreneurship, and received the Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld Prize for Superior Achievement in Real Estate Studies at the GSD.