[2] Nugent was also a playwright, and he co-wrote the play 13 Days/Los Trece Dias: The Zapista Uprising in Chiapas which toured nationally from 1996 to 1997.

[5] Nugent attended the University of Chicago for undergrad, where he befriended future historians such as Paul Gootenberg.

[4] Nugent began his academic career at the University of Texas at Austin, where he directed the Mexican Center at the Institute of Latin American Studies for two years.

While at the University of Arizona, he wrote Spent Cartridges of Revolution, edited Rural Revolt in Mexico and U.S.

[5] He was also involved with the Political theatre movement, including with the San Francisco Mime Troupe and the Borderlands Theater.